{"id":118070,"date":"2023-08-28T19:34:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=118070"},"modified":"2023-08-28T19:34:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:34:41","slug":"what-is-fentanyl-the-denver-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/what-is-fentanyl-the-denver-post\/","title":{"rendered":"What is fentanyl? &#8211; The Denver Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fentanyl is a highly addictive, synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. Here\u2019s what you need to know about it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is pharmaceutical fentanyl prescribed to treat pain and illicitly manufactured fentanyl.<\/li>\n<li>Illicit fentanyl can be found both as a white powder and a clear liquid. It is frequently mixed into drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine, or pressed into pills made to resemble other prescription opioids.<\/li>\n<li>Fentanyl is tasteless and odorless. The only way to determine whether it is in a drug is using fentanyl test strips.<\/li>\n<li>Smoking is the primary method used to deliberately consume illicit fentanyl. Fentanyl can be injected, but this poses a higher risk of overdose due to the drug\u2019s potency.<\/li>\n<li>Illicit fentanyl is mainly manufactured in foreign labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>Illicit fentanyl first arrived in Los Angeles around 2016, but its use started increasing exponentially in 2019 and has continued growing ever since.<\/li>\n<li>Accidental fentanyl overdose deaths in LA County increased 1,280% from 109 in 2016 to 1,504 in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>On a national level, synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) were responsible for more than 70,000 deaths in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Signs of overdose include pinpoint pupils, slow or no breathing, loss of consciousness, choking sounds, limp body and clammy skin. Overdoses can sometimes be reversed by administering Naloxone nasal spray.<\/li>\n<li>Fentanyl\u2019s \u201chigh\u201d is shorter compared to other opioids such as heroin. As a result people who use frequently may begin to feel withdrawal symptoms within just two to three hours of smoking the drug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Drug Enforcement Administration; Chelsea Shover, epidemiologist and health services researcher at UCLA\u2019s David Geffen School of Medicine; Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Ricky Bluthenthal, professor of public health sciences at USC\u2019s Keck School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2023\/08\/28\/what-is-fentanyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fentanyl is a highly addictive, synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. 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