Fentanyl-Laced Letters Sent to Vote Centers in Six States

Election Officials Stock Up on Overdose Antidote Naloxone Amid FBI Investigation

Fentanyl-laced letters were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states: Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and Kansas, causing evacuations and briefly delaying vote counts.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the incidents, and the political leanings of the sender remain unclear.
Election officials are stocking up on naloxone, an overdose antidote, as a precautionary measure, despite the low risk of fatal overdose from accidental exposure to fentanyl.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has pledged to provide naloxone to any of the state's 159 counties after a letter intercepted on its way to elections officials in Atlanta’s Fulton County tested positive for opioids.
Critics argue that it is a misuse of resources to ensure that election officials have naloxone, as the actual appropriate and evidence-based intervention for naloxone distribution is underfunded and under-resourced.