The Sonoma County, California, district attorney’s office pulled an ad from its website warning parents about the dangers fentanyl poses to children after admitting a key anecdote in the clip was fabricated, according to reports.
The public service announcement featured audio from the supposed parents of 6-year-old Lisa, detailing how the little girl was running around a playground in Sonoma County when she found a stack of deadly synthetic opioids.
After touching the powerful drug, Lisa fell and drowned, according to the PSA.
After being approached by a NorCal Public Media reporter for evidence of the 6-year-old’s overdose from just touching the drug, Sonoma County DA Carla Rodriguez admitted the anecdote was “not based on a true story” and her office pulled the ad from her. website.
Rodriguez initially defended the public service announcement, which was made with help from a $340,000 grant from the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance, NorCal Public Media reported.
“I’m not worried about people being overly cautious about the dangers of fentanyl,” he told the outlet.
The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office issued a fentanyl PSA after the center’s anecdotal veracity was questioned. City of Fresno/Sonoma County Facebook DA Carla Rodriguez told a local store her office pulled the ad because of concerns about accuracy and that she didn’t “want to scare people.” SonomaCountyDA/Facebook
He appeared to stand by his stance, however, telling SFGate he didn’t “want to scare people” and that the ad was pulled over accuracy concerns.
“We took it down because the part about him touching her and nothing else and then his death didn’t seem factually accurate, so that’s why we took it down,” Rodriguez told the outlet.
Police and other law enforcement officers across the country have reportedly overdosed after exposure to powerful opioids on multiple occasions, but Dr. Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist, insists there is no evidence that just touching fentanyl can cause drug poisoning.
Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are responsible for nearly 70% of the estimated 112,600 fatal drug overdoses in America from June 2022 to June 2023. Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office
“That’s impossible. Accidentally touching fentanyl powder cannot cause an overdose in any way,” he told NorCal Public Media.
The Sonoma County Coroner’s Office told NorCal Public Media there is no record of a child dying of an overdose after being exposed to fentanyl at a playground.
Last year, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency seized a record-breaking 386 million doses of fentanyl nationwide, or enough to kill every person in America.
Fentanyl, which is 50 times stronger than heroin, and other synthetic opioids caused nearly 70% of the estimated 12,600 fatal drug overdoses nationwide between June 2022 and June 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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