San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order Nov. 29 to increase public awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and to strengthen law enforcement’s ability to prevent the sale and use of the drug in the city.
According to officials, deaths from accidental fentanyl overdoses—a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine—have increased 10-fold in the last five years.
