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Breaking The Silence
In 2023, over 112,000 people died of drug poisonings/overdoses; More than two-thirds of all overdose deaths in 2023 involved a synthetic opioid – more than 78,000 deaths. Illicit fentanyl deaths among teens accounted for 77% of adolescent overdose deaths in 2023. (CDC)
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Sounds of Sarah Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a variety of prevention, education, and public services that focus on the dangers of illicit fentanyl, counterfeit drugs, and addiction. Our mission is to raise awareness about the nationwide illicit drug epidemic and mental health crisis, ensuring the public, especially those most at risk, has access to critical information, services and resources needed to help save lives.
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DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has seen an increase in illegal online pharmacies selling and shipping counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting customers in the United States who believe they are purchasing real pharmaceutical drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate pharmacies.
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During Operation Press Your Luck, announced on September 30, 2024, DEA discovered that a U.S. based victim had ordered what she believed to be oxycodone from an online pharmacy, only to receive a fake pill made with fentanyl. The pill looked identical to a real oxycodone, but it was not - it was made with fentanyl and filler. Days after receiving the medication, the victim passed away from acute fentanyl poisoning as a result of taking one of the pills sent to her.
"When you lose a child, it’s an unnatural order. There is a forever grief that doesn’t go away.
A synthetic opioid that’s considered exponentially more addictive than heroin, fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. A tiny amount, 2 milligrams, ingested into the body can be fatal."
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FENTANYL
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Fentanyl can be present in a variety of forms (e.g., powder, tablets, capsules, solutions, and rocks).
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7 out of 10 pills with fentanyl contain a potentially lethal dose of illicit fentanyl
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Inhalation of airborne powder is MOST LIKELY to lead to harmful effects, but is less likely to occur than skin contact.
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is effective in protecting you from exposure.
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Slow breathing or no breathing, drowsiness or unresponsiveness, and constricted or pinpoint pupils are the specific signs consistent with fentanyl intoxication/overdose.
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Naloxone is an effective medication that rapidly reverses the effects of fentanyl poisoning
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2 Milligrams is all it takes
What is an overdose? Plainly, it is taking an excessive dose of a drug.
What is a Poisoning? When someone is given something without their knowledge and they become sick and/or die from it.
“Drug-induced homicide” (DIH) prosecutions – the practice of charging individuals who supply drugs that result in a fatal overdose with homicide, even in the absence of specific intent to cause death"
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NEW Drug Alert
Breaking News
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) is alerting law enforcement, first responders, clinicians, and public health professionals about an emerging drug called medetomidine, a non-opioid sedative used in veterinary medicine. Medetomidine is being mixed with illicit substances. While it is most commonly detected alongside fentanyl and xylazine, medetomidine has also been identified with other substances, such as heroin and fentanyl analogs.
What is Xylazine? Why should you know about it?
Xylazine, a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer not approved for human use, has been linked to an increasing number of overdose deaths nationwide in the evolving drug addiction and overdose crisis. Research has shown xylazine is often added to illicit opioids, including fentanyl, and people report using xylazine-containing fentanyl to lengthen its euphoric effects. Most overdose deaths linked to both xylazine and fentanyl also involved additional substances, including cocaine, heroin, benzodiazepines, alcohol, gabapentin, methadone, and prescription opioids.
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In the event of a suspected xylazine overdose, experts recommend giving the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone because xylazine is frequently combined with opioids. However, because xylazine is not an opioid, naloxone does not address the impact of xylazine on breathing, so rescue breathing is still encouraged. (NIDA)
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