Fentanyl Overdose Alert
Fentanyl contamination of opiods is one of the leading causes of overdose deaths that can be quickly resolved by Free Narcan
Below are details from
https://www.challenge.gov/?challenge=fentalert-empowering-youth-for-safer-choices—samhsa-fentanyl-awareness-youth-challenge
-Among adolescents age 10-19, from 2019 to 2021:Monthly drug overdose deaths increased 109%.
- Deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyls increased 182%.
- About 90% of these deaths involved opioids and 84% involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls.
- Counterfeit pills were present in nearly 25% of these deaths.
- Two-thirds of those who died had one or more potential bystanders present, but most didn’t provide overdose response (many bystanders were in another room or didn’t know that drugs were being used).
-Criminal drug networks are mass-producing fake pills, and falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills. They are made to look just like prescription drugs such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®).
- 7 out of 10 fake prescription pills (seized by the DEA) contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.
-Xylazine (often known as “tranq”), is a central nervous system depressant and animal tranquilizer that has been showing up in combination with fentanyl and has been involved in a growing number of overdose deaths.