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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Debunked stories of police ‘overdosing’ from fentanyl are everywhere. They’re causing real harm

AP/The Independent

Last year, the sheriff of San Diego County shared “traumatic” footage of one of his deputies collapsing after handling a white powder. Officers administered four doses of the overdose-reversing medication naloxone. His training officer said the deputy was “OD’ing the whole way to the hospital.”

Sheriff Bill Gore told The San Diego Tribune that the officer experienced “classic signs of fentanyl overdose” but was “shocked” that medical experts determined that what the officer went through was definitely not that.

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