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Lowered Fentanyl overdoses

^^ I'm with that guy. Fentanyl is nasty, scary stuff. :x
 
This is good news. Sadly we don’t front load proper mental healthcare before tragedy strikes. This war on illicit drugs spiraled the problem from grass, coca, and heroin mostly (some uppers and downers procured through the system) 40 years ago to now over 1450 types of designer drugs. It is whackamole to keep them down. At this time xylazine adulterates 30% of fentanyl in LA Co. and there is no human reversal drug for it. Now drug laced paper is being smoked in jails and folks are dying. They even send it through amazon to get it past inspections. One pill can kill is a great campaign and hope this trend continues.
 
xylazine is very powerful and I have not experienced a xylazine addict in my practice.
Yet.
 
Thankfully.
Xylazine is bigger on the east coast. They may have skin lesions from it and probably do not even know it is has been added to their drug of choice. It makes the high last longer.
 
I think that any drug dealer selling fentynol laced drugs should be charged with murder, if one of their clients has died, or attempted murder.
The law shouldn't play with these people, they've killed far too many people.

Yes, I think the word being put out on how dangerous it is has and would certainly worked. Good for them in their efforts!
 
It's different, when you buy liquor you're getting what you expect.
The drug dealers are saying they're selling one thing but turning it into something else far, far more dangerous by adding fentynol.

I see it as apples and oranges.
 
Well there are free fentanyl test strips available
through state and local health depts and many non-profits. That is a start. Usually available at festivals and no doubt save lives. If we can’t do none at least we try safer. The ole not all or nothing approach. They used to confiscate the test strips at shows until they became sued for the cost of legal strips. They didn’t want to be seen as condoning drugs, but turns out having ODs is a worse PR problem.
 
easy wind said:
Well there are free fentanyl test strips available
through state and local health depts and many non-profits. That is a start. Usually available at festivals and no doubt save lives. If we can’t do none at least we try safer. The ole not all or nothing approach. They used to confiscate the test strips at shows until they became sued for the cost of legal strips. They didn’t want to be seen as condoning drugs, but turns out having ODs is a worse PR problem.
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I see those test strips at bars, and I think it's great.
 
Melissa said:
would you also support liquor stores for being responsible for alcoholism? Alcoholism has killed far too many people.
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If the liquor stores were illegally selling alcohol, yes. Or selling illegal alcohol like homebrew that could have methanol etc.
 
It’s good to see that fentanyl deaths are down.

And I believe that if all drugs were legal, the result would be far fewer deaths and far fewer lives ruined.

Trying to legislate sobriety is a fools errand.
 
Abacinator said:
Our kids all carry Narcan
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They gave me that at general because I had been given drugs for pain. (I still have some of those drugs. :laughing)

My son has one friend whose backpack is like a treasure chest of all the useful things. I handed it to him "in case."
 
my dude recently underwent a medical procedure. when they let me into recovery with him, it broke my heart - how much pain he was in. the nurse said stand back, she was going to give him fentanyl. my response? grabbed her wrist and said, THE HELL YOU WILL!
 
Fentanyl is safe and extremely effective when administered in the correct dosage by medical professionals
 
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