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San Francisco cops arrest 4 suspected cychlorphine dealers after teen’s fatal overdose
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- San Francisco police arrested four suspected drug dealers linked to the overdose death of 16-year-old Dante Lacourte, who died after taking a counterfeit pill containing the potent synthetic opioid cychlorphine.
- Cychlorphine, roughly ten times stronger than fentanyl, was found mixed with isotonitazene (ISO), another lethal opioid up to 100 times more potent than fentanyl, in the pill that caused Dante's death.
- Police seized over 20,000 counterfeit pills, various narcotics, firearms, and cash during raids on the suspects' homes, and continue to investigate further leads.
- Law enforcement and public health officials warn that cychlorphine is difficult to detect, can be mixed into various street drugs, resists standard overdose reversal drugs like Narcan, and poses a growing threat in the illicit drug market.
- The rise of ISO and cychlorphine has led to widespread fear and visible public health crises in San Francisco, with reports of addicts exhibiting severe, zombie-like symptoms due to the extreme potency of these synthetic opioids.
