DEA counterfeit fentanyl pills | What’s behind the rise in fentanyl deaths | Seasonal substance abuse triggers | Hans Eberbach and Nat Lefkoff perform at the Russ Room
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Officials walk past images of illegal drugs outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Los Angeles.
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DEA on the scope of the issue of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. UCSF discusses what’s behind the year-over-year rise in fentanyl deaths. Sacramento County explains its fentanyl response and seasonal substance abuse triggers. Finally, Hans Eberbach and Nat Lefkoff perform at the Russ Room in Sacramento on Friday.
Today's Guests
- Wade Shannon, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in charge of the San Francisco Field Division, discusses the scope of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl.
- Dr. Dan Ciccarone, Justine Miner Professor of Addiction Medicine at UC San Francisco, talks about what’s behind the year-over-year rise in fentanyl deaths in California and the nation as a whole.
- Dr. Andrew Mendonsa, Health Program Manager Sacramento County Behavioral Health Services, joins us to explain what specifically the county is doing to combat fentanyl overdoses and talk about seasonal substance abuse triggers.
- Singer and songwriters Hans Eberbach and Nat Lefkoff perform at the Russ Room in Sacramento on Friday, Dec. 3.
