WATCH – FENTANYL MADNESS –
August 9, 2021 – Gore said he, not a doctor, concluded that Deputy David Faiive suffered an overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl in the July 3 incident featured in the video. It showed Faiive collapsing in a San Marcos parking lot after handling suspected narcotics found in a vehicle.
Medical professionals have pushed back, saying there is no evidence that incidental contact — drugs coming in contact with skin or through inhalation — with fentanyl can trigger an overdose. A couple hundred signed an online petition calling for retraction of the video and the news coverage that focused on it.
“I saw the video. Everybody that saw the video saw him seize up, go down, fall on his head,” Gore said. “The drugs tested for fentanyl. It was classic signs of fentanyl overdose — that’s why we called it that.” The sheriff said he was “shocked” to hear pushback from toxicologists and members of the medical community. Gore pledged to release full, unedited body-worn video of the incident and to seek medical records of the deputy.
