police say that the poverty- stricken overtown neighborhood has seen an increase in overdoses the pastear. >> it totally just threw me. >> reporter: jessie davis is alton banks' neighbor. she worries for her own grandchildren. >> it could be anywhere. you just have to pray and talk to them, and hopefully they learn and don't pick it up or touch things. that's all i can do is tell them. >> reporter: according to the medical examiner's office, there were nearly 300 overdose deaths last year in the miami area involving fentanyl. the drug is so powerful, about two months ago a ohio police officer allegedly overdosed just by touching it. anthony? >> mason: omar villafranca with another victim of the opioid crisis. up next, the wildfire in the west could cut the power to a national park. hmm i can't believe how great this tastes! i can't believe it comes in... vegaaaan. and organiiiic. try i can't believe it's not butter! in two new ways. it's vegan! and it's organic! on mi came across this housentry with water dripping from the ceiling. you never know when something like this will happen. s

hasta el momento no se sabe cÓmo el pequeÑo, residente del barrio de overtown, epicentro de la crisisidenses menores de 50 aÑos. >> ahora le ponen fentanyl a todo. lourdes: diana cotero fue adicta a casi todo tipo de drogas, y ahora trabaja en un centro ayudando a otros. >> escuchÉ historia de una muchacha que tambiÉn en la cocaÍna estÁn metiendo el fentanyl. a la gente la veo bien destruida. un poco peor de lo que estaba, de lo que yo me acuerdo. lourdes: el fentanyl es tan peligroso que los propios agentes utilizan trajes especiales como estos cuando realizan operativos para evitar que su piel o su sistema respiratorio entre en contacto con la sustancia. la subdirectora del laboratorios del dea a la que univisiÓn tuvo acceso en exclusiva. allÍ analizan la droga para saber exactamente que contiene. >> se ha visto un aumento de mÁs de 400% de la evidencia que ha sido sometida, con fentanyl. lourdes: el fentanyl es conveniente para los traficantes porque es mÁs barato y asÍ traficando con poca cantidad aumentan su ganancia. la mayorÍa de estos opioides sintÉticos se producen en china,

. >> reporter: fifth grader alton banks died at this community pool in overtown neighborhood. he came home vomiting and later his mother found him unresponsive. the 10-year-old had a mix of fentanyl and heroin in his statement. the state attorney katherine run dell. >> we don't know where he got it. we don't believe at this point it was in his home. we believe it was somewhere between the park or the pool or the sidewalk or maybe he touched something. >> investigators say that alton may have been exposed to the deadly drugs during his walk home. police say the poverty-stricken town has seen an increase. overdoses in the past year. jessie davis is alton banks' neighbor. she worries for her own grandchildren. >> it can be nerve-racking. you have to pry don't pick it up. >> reporter: according to the medical examiner's office, there were nearly 300 overdose deaths last year in the miami area involving fentanyl. the drug is so powerful, a few months ago an ohio police officer allegedly overdosed just by touching the drug. omar villafranca, cbs news, miami. >>> in nevada the parole

segregation took hold and much of the bahamian community was forced into the black neighborhoods like overtown. original miami you're looking for a great extent, black miami. ♪ these days liberty city is mostly ignored by developers, but back in the day it was the epicenter of the black community. a lot has happened since then. >> cook: corn beef, pancakes, smoked sausage, boiled eggs. >> anthony: what do you usually get? >> luther: the fishy grits. that's a bahamian dish. >> anthony: your parents were jamaican and bahamian. >> luther: yes. my mother was bahamian. my dad was jamaican. >> anthony: today i'm having fish and grits at mlk restaurant with this guy, luther campbell. >> anthony: a lot of good cooking tradition in the family. >> luther: oh, yeah. one night we'd have rice and peas. the other night we'd have peas and rice. >> anthony: also known as uncle luke or perhaps luke sky walke at various times. he is something of a musical and political and legal legend. credited with pioneering what would be called miami bass. maybe you know him from such hits as 2 live crews "me so horny" and

but now detectives here in overtown are wondering how he came in contact with a deadly mix of fentanylnd heroin. alton banks' final days seemed to be a carefree one. summer vacation playing at the community pool. but when the 10-year-old got home, he started throwing up. his mother later found him unresponsive in his room and called 911. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. toxicologists found the powerful pain killer fentanyl in his system. >> we don't know where he got it. we don't believe at this point it was in his home. >> reporter: katherine fernandez rundle is the state attorney. she said he likely came into contact with the drug at the pool or on his walk home. >> to think that this synthetic drug has hit our streets and is now going to be hitting our innocent children. >> reporter: his neighborhood is one of the many communities ravaged by opioids. in south florida alone, an overdose owe furs every two hours. just how powerful is the drug? the tiny specks in this vial are enough to be lethal. ohio police officer chris green suffered an accidental overdose in may following a