California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’
LOS ANGELES — Roughly 62,000 pounds of fentanyl smuggled into California were confiscated by authorities in 2023. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Tuesday.
In 2023, the California National from Newsom’s office. It’s unclear what means were used to smuggle the opioid and what form the fentanyl was in when shipped.
