“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered. It’s everywhere. From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community is safe from this poison.”
Anne Milgram, DEA Administrator
He was celebrating his graduation at a casino when someone offered him something that happened to be laced fentanyl. Within minutes, Ethan collapsed with seizures and in cardiac arrest. For the next ten days, we sat by his bedside in the hospital watching him die.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that’s similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
It and other synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths. It is being mixed with other drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and MDMA. This is especially dangerous because people are often unaware that fentanyl has been added. The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases the risk of overdose, especially if a person who uses drugs is unaware that a powder or pill contains it. There is no accurate way to test for fentanyl in a drug.
There is something that helps in the unfortunate scenario of an overdose — a drug called Naloxone. It’s a medicine that can be given to a person to reverse a fentanyl overdose. Multiple naloxone doses might be necessary because of fentanyl’s potency.
If you think someone may be experiencing an overdose, look for the following signs. If you aren’t sure, treat the situation like it is an overdose.
In case of an overdose call 911 immediately then follow the steps below. If there is any doubt the person is overdosing, act as if it is an overdose.
Fentano is underwritten by Preclivity the foundation established in Ethan’s honor to help eliminate the epidemic of deaths from fentanyl. Preclivity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and helping to prevent the overdoses that have become commonplace in our society. There were 72,000 of them that we know of in the last year and the number is growing. We intend to reverse that trend through education and innovation.
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