Cathedral City, CA
Claudiu Murzea said he began struggling with substance abuse issues after years of trauma on the job began to haunt him.
Christopher Damien
Palm Springs Desert Sun
Officer Claudiu Murzea inhaled a line of powdered fentanyl in the police department’s gym during a shift late on a May night and was surprised it didn’t kill him.
So, he said, he did a second. That line sent a flush of heat over him as he walked outside and quickly lost consciousness in the department’s parking lot.