There is new potency in street drugs in the lakeshore area, and it is causing problems.
Lieutenant Dave Remiker from the Manitowoc County Drug Unit was on WOMT’s Be My Guest program last week, and he said, “Probably our biggest issue in the community right now is our fentanyl issue, and we started to hear about fentanyl being added to all the drugs, including marijuana, meth, heroin.”
Remiker said this led to a bigger issue than has been happening in this area previously.
“It’s a very addictive substance, so that’s really the bottom line is they’re trying to increase their customer base,” he explained. “The problem with that is we’re seeing overdoses locally here.”
Those overdoses can be fatal, especially when the user is not aware that fentanyl has been added to substances they have used previously.
A tiny amount of fentanyl can be deadly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting that it is “50 to 100 times more potent” than morphine and heroin.
