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Fentanyl, a highly addictive opioid 50 times stronger than heroin, is flooding into Clark County.
According to Clark County Public Health, fentanyl overdose deaths in the county increased by 200 percent from 2019 to 2020, or from 13 deaths to 39 deaths, and trends in 2021 are expected to be worse.
