“I took one hit and blacked out,” said Jacquies Manson, who survived an OD he believes was caused by accidental fentanyl use.
Skid Row, often referred to as the epicenter of L.A.’s homeless crisis, is gaining a new reputation as the city’s overdose capital as anFatal overdoses in the three zip codes surrounding the area increased by 1,038% over the past six years — from 13 deaths in 2017 to 248 deaths in 2022, according to data recently obtained from the L.A. County medical examiner by a group of service providers, academics and activists.
Manson initially thought he was smoking methamphetamine, but now believes the drug was laced with the Two-hundred and forty of Skid Row’s 2022 overdose deaths took place in the 90013 and 90014 zip codes. Fentanyl was identified as a primary cause of death in three out of four of these incidents. They include making naloxone accessible in all Skid Row hotels, increasing the number of substance use treatment beds available in the area, and mandating overdose crisis response plans be made for every housing development in Skid Row.
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