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This California City Has Been Named the Drug Trafficking Capital of the State

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San Francisco boasts numerous attractions, from the majestic Golden Gate Bridge to its vibrant cultural tapestry, thriving tech sector, and progressive political landscape. However, beneath its surface lies a shadowy underworld fueled by drug trafficking, a clandestine network driven by the insatiable demand for illicit substances and the influx from global cartels.

The Fentanyl Crisis

In San Francisco’s drug landscape, a troubling surge in fentanyl, a synthetic opioid significantly more potent than morphine, has emerged. Often laced with other drugs like heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine to enhance effects and profits, this practice escalates the peril of overdose and death due to uncertainties in dosage and composition.

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Are Prop. 47, other laws to blame for fentanyl crisis? Here’s what Stanislaus officials say

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Modesto police Officer Mark Ulrich first noticed fentanyl during an arrest in 2019. He’d been used to finding heroin and identifying it by its tarry viscosity and strong vinegar smell. But this substance was different.

“I did what we always did, took a little whiff, and boom. I got immediately dizzy and was like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, OK, that’s weird. What the heck is that?’” Ulrich said. “Well, what they were doing at the time was they were mixing fentanyl into the heroin. So you couldn’t tell the difference.”

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