Fentanyl & its effects
This drug is a powerful synthetic opioid approved by the FDA for pain relief and anesthesia.
What is fentanyl?
Drug dealers lace substances with fentanyl primarily to do this.
What is increase potency or save money?
What is not taking drugs?
Even a very small amount of fentanyl can cause this deadly outcome.
What is an overdose or death?
This form of fentanyl makes it especially hard to see or detect.
What is fentanyl powder?
Opioids, specifically fentanyl, are responsible for this amount of overdose deaths in the U.S.
What is 60%?
Fentanyl is chemically similar to this illegal opioid.
What is heroin?
Fentanyl can contaminate drugs unintentionally through this process.
What is cross-contamination?
This should ALWAYS be done when someone is overdosing.
What is calling 911?
Fentanyl is about this many times more potent than heroin.
What is 50 times?
This is how much, in milligrams, a lethal dose of fentanyl is.
What is two mg?
People who unknowingly take fentanyl, overdose because they lack this.
What is tolerance?
Fentanyl is so deadly because it can slow down which main bodily function?
What is breathing?
Fentanyl is difficult to detect without using this safety tool.
What is a fentanyl testing kit?
This is how Narcan prevents death by overdose.
What is reversing the effects of the drug?