The NHDOC joins the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in recognizing National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day today, Sunday, August 21, 2022.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. It is inexpensive, widely available, highly addictive — and potentially lethal. Drug traffickers are increasingly mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—to drive addiction and create repeat customers. Many fentanyl poisoning victims are unaware that fentanyl is in the substance they are ingesting.
According to the CDC, an estimated 107,622 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and poisonings in 2021, with 67 percent of those deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Only two milligrams of fentanyl is a potentially lethal dose.
Deceptive drugs made of fentanyl are killing young people across America at an alarming rate, often being sold through social media. Learn the facts surrounding the dangers of fentanyl to protect yourself and your loved ones.
RELATED RESOURCES:
https://www.dea.gov/.../dea-recognizes-national-fentanyl...
Dead on Arrival (Fentanyl Documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgPmrLjkuo&feature=youtu.be
https://www.dea.gov/fentanylawareness
https://facingfentanylnow.org/
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