A logical starting place for a community concerned about drug use would be with data collected by their own health departments and criminal justice agencies, with the aim of funding and implementing a continuum of services that reflects the actual (and likely future) needs of their own citizens.
Ironically, the same research indicates that those opioids chronic pain patients depended on weren’t really doing much for their pain.
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…it’s a story I must have heard a thousand times from people in treatment. Drug addicts getting together to form a mutual ‘support system’ for drug use.
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…the outcome can be serious. In some cases, we’re told, untreated lesions have led to amputation.
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Some less good news: Law enforcement sees evidence of aggressive efforts by drug cartels to establish supply lines and operations within the US.
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It’s gained acceptance as a remedy for a host of mental health problems, including major disorders.
That’s in spite of the fact that the FDA has yet to approve the drug for the treatment of any psychiatric condition.
In the absence of much factual information, wild theories have proliferated.
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“During our training, we were told numerous times that this is a safe, effective drug,” one of the two testified.
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And for nitazenes, ‘ultra potent’ likely translates to ten or more times as powerful as fentanyl. Many hundreds of times beyond morphine.
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If I had to recommend something, it would be for schools and parents to grab onto those evidence-based approaches and make them integral to your school culture.
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CDC claims that 1 in 5 drug overdoses in 2020 – or 20% — involved people in those two sectors alone. Something to think about.
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Unfortunately, adulterating fentanyl with xylazine makes naloxone substantially less effective in terms of reviving an overdose victim.
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Extra naloxone doses were required to lift the victim out of a coma and lower the risk of respiratory arrest and death. Translation: New barriers to saving lives in the street. And more fatalities.
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