Fentanyl overdoses fuel surge in L.A. County homeless deaths

To save lives, the L.A. County Public Health Department argued that many changes are needed, including ramping up the distribution of naloxone, commonly known under the brand name Narcan; improving access to medications such as methadone and buprenorphine that help people shake off addiction; expanding mobile clinics for unsheltered people; and moving forward with supervised sites where people can consume drugs so that trained staff can intervene and stop overdoses.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-12/deaths-homeless-la-county-overdoses-fentanyl