The Abuse of Fentanyl is a Major Addiction Issue in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and other parts of Alberta by Options Okanagan Treatment Center in Kelowna, British Columbia treating drug addiction and recovery.
In Alberta in 2015, there were 145 deaths that were related to fentanyl.
Across the country, countless deaths are being blamed on this dangerous drug. All across Canada, deaths from fentayl are rising, but nowhere are they higher than in Alberta.
In Alberta in just the first seven months of 2015, fentanyl overdoses were responsible for the deaths of 145 people. Those numbers are significantly higher than they were in 2014. Recently, a young graduate from high school took what he thought was the drug OxyContin. However, his parents were told that the pill contained fentanyl after he suffered significant brain damage.
Fentanyl Headlines In Local Newspapers
1. Fentanyl Is An Insidious Drug: Parents Are Warned After Overdose Of Calgary Teen
2. Hundreds Of Canadians Killed Each Year By Opioids. Why Does The Medical Community Continue To Write Prescriptions For These Dangerous Drugs?
3. Reality Check On Fentanyl: Is There Viable Evidence Behind The Harper’s Strategy Against Drugs?
4. The Public Health Crisis Of Fentanyl: Couple In North Vancouver Kingpins Of Fentanyl
5. Family Of Dead BC Teen In Fentanyl Overdose Case Speaks Out
The abuse of fentanyl is a major health issue and the problem is bigger than the number of people who are dying from it. An Alberta Health Services medical officer of health stated that many people are showing up in emergency departments after overdosing on the drug.
Primarily prescribed to people with chronic pain, fentanyl is a synthetic opiate narcotic that is 20 times more potent that OxyContin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. On the street, it can show up within other drugs and goes by names as varied as street Oxy, green jellies, or green beans.
A nurse educator who is leading Streetworks’ overdose prevention project states that the drug is out there and that fentanyl is not coming out in a patch form.
People are not quite sure what fentanyl is since it is being sold as fake OxyContin and is being cut into heroin sold on the streets. The problem is how powerful the drug is.
The fentanyl problem is not restricted to Alberta. Local police in British Columbia were prompted to issue a warning after 54 deaths related to fentanyl were reported between January 1 and May 31 this year. In just a single hour during one weekend in Vancouver, six overdoses due to fentanyl happened.
Hoping to raise awareness of just how dangerous fentanyl is, the AHS in Alberta launched the campaign, “It’s Never Going To Be You…Until It Is.”
The campaign is stressing caution when buying drugs on the street, because even drug dealers are not always aware of what is in the stuff they are selling.
Across the province earlier in 2015, $300,000 was approved by AHS to dispense an antidote (naloxone) designed to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids. Instructions on how the drug is administered, a CPR mask, alcohol wipes, gloves, syringes. and two doses of naloxone come in the antidote kits.
In 2014 in Alberta, there were 120 deaths related to fentanyl.
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