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Fentanyl: A Briefing Guide for First Responders

Publication Date: 2017
File: DEA_Fentanyl_Guide_for_First_Responders.pdf
Abstract:
In the last several years, U.S. Law Enforcement has seen a dramatic increase in the availability of dangerous synthetic opioids. A large majority of these synthetic opioids are structural derivatives of the synthetic drug fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid currently listed as a Schedule II prescription drug that mimics the effects of morphine in the human body, but has potency 50-100 times… (read more)
Tag(s):
alcohol and substance abuse, data and research, drug enforcement, first responders, law enforcement, strategies
Author(s):
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)