Fentanyl

2022 - 5 - 27

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Video does not accurately portray the risk of secondhand exposure ... (Newswise)

Video shows actual body cam footage that shows what happens when an officer is exposed to illicit drugs like fentanyl and provides recommendations on how ...

First and foremost, there is not a risk of secondhand exposure to fentanyl or other opioids - even carfentanil - for first responders, and universal precautions are sufficient to protect against any potential, accidental opioid exposure. The only way to overdose on fentanyl from street drugs is by injecting, snorting or otherwise ingesting it. It is surprising to see something based only in conjecture shared by a body that is supposed to be rooted in science. Is this an accurate representation of what could happen to a first responder in the presence of fentanyl? In a video on the website of CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), first responders are warned of the dangers of being exposed to illicit drugs like fentanyl. Can an officer "overdose" just by being in contact with fentanyl?

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Tragedy Leads to Change: One Family's Plea Transforms the ... (NBC Southern California)

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that's similar to morphine, and at least 50 times more potent than heroin, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

"Parents need to have these conversations with their kids," he added. in a different way," Capelouto said. we need to step up our game," he said. "Without Fentanyl in this person's system. "Some things, there aren't words that can express how you feel and that's one of them," Capelouto said. Prosecutors allege Perry Edward Davis of San Diego provided drugs containing Fentanyl to three people, including 25-year-old Joshua Chambers who died. she was trying to feel better, right? "I knew nothing of fentanyl, nothing of these counterfeit pills going around," he said. The DEA says 4 out of 10 counterfeit pills they tested in 2021 contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. Her dad believes she was looking for something to help with her anxiety. "My daughter did not make a wise choice," he said, adding "but it certainly wasn't a choice that was worth dying over." "Ultimately what was my daughter trying to do?

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Rise in fentanyl fatalities sparks awareness campaign (Beaumont Examiner |)

Following a skyward trend in fentanyl-affiliated overdose deaths throughout the nation, local law enforcement officials – joined by an overdose survivor ...

On April 4, the University of Texas started making naloxone (Narcan) available to students for free, and naloxone is available in all dorms now due to increases in opioid overdoses. “The law enforcement piece is going to be very important. “I woke up sometimes in my addiction feeling like the minute I picked up, I might as well have put a bullet in my head because you don’t see a way out of that lifestyle. “Getting a grasp on the size of the local problem is difficult, yet common sense tells us this is just way too high.” These are college students, working people, who decided in a simple transgression to take a recreational drug on a Saturday night, usually taken without an adverse consequence, but in this situation it is killing them. The upward trajectory is made clear by 52,404 total overdose deaths reported in 2015 and fewer than 20,000 total reported in 2000.

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Man accused of fentanyl possession - The Record Herald (Record Herald)

A Washington C.H. man has been indicted by a Fayette County grand jury for allegedly being in possession of over 80 grams of fentanyl during a traffic stop.

His trial has been set for July 12. Maddux was reportedly the passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over by Washington C.H. police April 18 because the driver, Lachan R. Moore, had an active arrest warrant through the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. After Maddux exited the vehicle, a police officer patted him down for weapons for officer safety, according to the report. A Washington C.H. man has been indicted by a Fayette County grand jury for allegedly being in possession of over 80 grams of fentanyl during a traffic stop.

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