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Police and Media Keep Spreading the Myth That Merely Touching Fentanyl Can Kill You

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Police and Media Keep Spreading the Myth That Merely Touching Fentanyl Can Kill You
Last Saturday, police in Chico, California reported that 13 people in the same house were involved in a mass drug overdose, possibly involving the powerful opioid fentanyl, with at least one person dying as a result. The case is tragic, though some of the details reported by the Chico police and uncritically repeated by the media reinforce a myth about the dangers of accidental exposure to fentanyl—and this stoking of unnecessary panic could put people at risk if first responders become too afraid to make physical contact with a suspected overdose victim.
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