San Mateo supervisors receive update on county’s fentanyl overdoses, seek solutions

Deaths from fentanyl overdoses in San Mateo County have gone up in recent years and show further signs of increasing, public health officials told the county Board of Supervisors at a study session on the issue Tuesday.

Representatives from the county Health Department gave the board an update on the trends of opioid use in the county over the past several years and the state of the county today for opioid deaths, which have been driven in recent years by fentanyl use that is thought to be both intentional and accidental, and that is impacting children as young as 10 years old.