Way too close in my family and my cousin lost her 17 year old son.
What I don't get, is with so much of this drug on the streets where is it coming from?? Doctors over prescribing, stealing from manufacturers??
Not going to beat this battle on the streets but where is originates from!!
Scary as hell!!!
So what is it.. Have no clue, what happens fill us I ..
I may be an old fart stick in the mud type fellow now?
This is just a newer type of drug available.
ACID was the 60's drug of choice and you dont even hear about it anymore.
Alcohol is still up in the number 1 area of killers.
These are personal choices that each individual takes.
It is very sad when a family member has taken that choice and past away. It causes a long term sadness to us who are still alive to decide if we could have helped or did something wrong.
Step up and be that guy!
I didnt like hearing it at first and was a denial guy!
We all have choices and can only put our mentoring skills to the level that is accepted.
I have personally been in the alcohol dump and climbed my way out of the barrel.
Please, please, take the time and push your loved ones in the direction of a good life.
Tell them you love them each and everytime you can. Life can take a turn so fast.
Enough rant!
when I was a kid a bit of drinking and maybe a bit of pot. now it's crazy what's out there
Fentanyl is basically synthetic morphine that comes in liquid or pill form. It is 100x more potent than morphine. Drug makers are cutting it into ecstasy, coke, heroin etc. Effectively meaning what you think you are taking much more potent. It causes your breathing to stop just the same as an over dose of any other opiate (oxy, morphine, ).
This naloxone is very short acting and basically if given at the right time would give you enough time to call 911. Most people are too high to figure that out. Simply a band aid.
Educate your kids, friends etc. Actions have consequences. Part of the danger of not knowing where your pills come from.
Scary thing is there is a new drug 100x more potent than fentanyl!
Yes, and the new drug of concern emerging is called W-18 is a synthetic opioid 10,000 more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl.
Its apparently coming out f China and like street grade Fentanyl, what the drug is mixed or cut with is a big problem.