12: Fentanyl—A Most Dangerous Game
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English - November 28, 2019 19:31 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBFiction Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is as much as 300 times more powerful than morphine sulfate. It can be injected, ingested, inhaled, and will even penetrate the skin.
It is used in medical situations frequently for pain management, sedation, and for twilight-anesthesia for things such as colonoscopies.
Fentanyl is the number one cause of drug ODs.