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ER nurses warn of increase in patients overdosing on fentanyl

By KATU 2 ABC
| September 23, 2022

Portland, Oregon nurses are warning of the mass amounts of fentanyl coming into the Portland-metro area.

"From the reports we're seeing, mass produced in China and in labs in Mexico and it's being brought up across the border in huge amounts," said Tracy Moore, an emergency room nurse at Providence.

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