Health officials in Riverside County have confirmed the county’s first death linked to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid considered 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine.
The victim, a man in his 40s, died in March 2025 outside Riverside County, officials said in a news release.
The cause of death was confirmed after a months-long investigation by Riverside University Health System…