Orange County’s number of fentanyl-related deaths has increased 1,100 percent in 5 years, to the point where over 1,400 lives were lost in 2020, according to county officials. “Orange County, like the rest of the nation, faces this crisis. No community, no city, no supervisorial district is unaffected,” Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley said at a March 3 public safety panel on the fentanyl crisis. “It seems like every single day we hear in the news about another fatality.” Fentanyl—100 times more potent than morphine—has been ravaging communities in Orange County and across the country, many times killing people who are not aware they are ingesting it. Just two milligrams can be a lethal dose, experts say. The fentanyl epidemic has been on the rise since 2013 yet has become far worse during the pandemic. In Orange County, fentanyl-related deaths increased 1,100 percent over five years, from 37 deaths in …