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Ryan Smith, a 36-year-old homeless addict, falls asleep after smoking fentanyl in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Nearly 2,000 homeless people died in the city from April 2020 to March 2021, a 56% increase from the previous year, according to a report released by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Overdose was the leading cause of death, killing more than 700. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Armando Rivera, 33, smokes fentanyl mixed with methamphetamine in an alley in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug.18, 2022. Use of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that is cheap to produce and is often sold as is or laced in other drugs, has exploded. Because it’s 50 times more potent than heroin, even a small dose can be fatal. It has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Two homeless addicts share a small piece of fentanyl in an alley in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Use of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that is cheap to produce and is often sold as is or laced in other drugs, has exploded. Two-thirds of the 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021 were attributed to synthetic opioids like fentanyl, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dolores Flores, a 57-year-old homeless drug addict, bathes using a soda can filled with water from a drinking fountain in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Drug abuse can be a cause or symptom of homelessness. Both can also intersect with mental illness. A 2019 report by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found about a quarter of all homeless adults in Los Angeles County had mental illnesses and 14% had a substance use disorder. That analysis only counted people who had a permanent or long-term severe condition. Taking a broader interpretation of the same data, the Los Angeles Times found about 51% had mental illnesses and 46% had substance use disorders. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Two drug addicts smoke fentanyl in an alley in Los Angeles, Monday, April 18, 2022. Because it’s 50 times more potent than heroin, even a small dose can be fatal. It has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Two-thirds of the 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021 were attributed to synthetic opioids like fentanyl, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jennifer Catano, a 27-year-old fentanyl addict, shows tattoos of the names of her two children, Evan and Audrey, in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. “My mom doesn’t think it’s a good idea because she thinks it’s gonna hurt the kids because I’m not ready to get rehabilitated,” said Catano who hasn’t seen them for several years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A banner advocating housing for the homeless, with an image depicting Martin Luther King Jr., hangs on a fence in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Drug addicts smoke fentanyl next to piles of trash in an alley in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A mentally-ill homeless man talks aloud to himself as pedestrians walk across the street in downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, April 14, 2022. . (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A mentally ill homeless woman leans on a rail after wetting her hair at a drinking fountain in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Monday, May 23, 2022. . (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A drug addict holds the handle of a scooter as he falls asleep after smoking fentanyl in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jenn Bennett, who is high on fentanyl, sits on her skateboard with a visible black eye as her friend, Jesse Williams, smokes the drug in Los Angeles,. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
By Associated Press | PUBLISHED: November 28, 2022 at 2:39 p.m. | UPDATED: November 29, 2022 at 8:59 a.m.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2022/11/28/fentanyls-scourge-plainly-visible-on-streets-of-los-angeles-2/
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