Santa Clara County has confirmed its first fatal overdose linked to carfentanil , a synthetic opioid that experts say is up to 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine.
The Office of the Medical Examiner reported last week that a 39-year-old man was found deceased with M30 pills, counterfeit tablets made to resemble prescription oxycodone, that tested positive for carfentanil.
The incident marks a grim milestone in the region’s opioid crisis and raises new concerns over the spread of ultrapotent fentanyl analogs in street drugs…