Fentanyl by Amy Moe https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua In 2016, synthetic opioids were involved in nearly 50% of opioid-related deaths, up from 14% in 2010. en-us 2019-05-01 19:54:13 UTC 2025-01-16 03:16:41 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Fentanyl? amygmoe92 https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573178 Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is a prescription drug. It is used to treat severe pain, usually after surgery. But, it is manufactured and used illegally. Fentanyl is the leading drug involved with drug overdoses. It is also 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.

]]> 2019-06-09 17:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573178 Addiction amygmoe92 https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573238 Many people struggle with an addiction to fentanyl. Fentanyl blocks the pain receptors in the areas of the brain that control pain and emotion. With feeling of extreme happiness and excitement, people get addicted to the feeling. Excess amounts of dopamine alter the brain over time which makes people dependent on the drug. 

]]> 2019-06-09 17:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573238 Treatment amygmoe92 https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573249 Fentanyl withdrawals are extremely painful such as muscle pain, vomiting, cold flashes, and sleeping problems. Medication and behavioral therapy helps treat people with a fentanyl addiction. Behavioral therapy can help people change their view on drug abuse and encourage them to live a better life. Lofexidine is a medicine that helps opioid withdrawal symptoms.

]]> 2019-06-09 17:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573249 Michigan Connection amygmoe92 https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573274 "The overdoses in Genesee county are part of a national public health crisis, especially as the use of drugs laced with lethal fentanyl has increased. In 2011, fentanyl was involved in four percent of American drug overdose deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; by 2016, it was involved in 28.8 percent, first among deadly drugs."

]]> 2019-06-09 17:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573274 World Connection amygmoe92 https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573331 China's export of fentanyl to the U.S. has caused thousands of overdose deaths. China announced that it would ban all forms of fentanyl to slow the export to the United States. 

]]> 2019-06-09 17:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573331 Cited Sources amygmoe92 https://padlet.com/amygmoe92/6uqwq3yck4ua/wish/366573404 https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/fentanyl
Fentanyl, NIDA

https://www.addictioncenter.com/opiates/fentanyl/ 
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https://beltmag.com/fighting-fentanyl-heroin-michigan-pearce/
Fighting Fentanyl, Belt Magazine, March 13,2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/world/asia/china-bans-fentanyl-trump.html
China Bans All Types of Fentanyl, Cutting Supply of Deadly Drug to U.S. and Fulfilling Pledge to Trump, The New York Times, April 01, 2019

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