Volgens die National Institute on Drug Abuse, Fentaniel is 50 aan 100 keer kragtiger as morfien en word tipies gebruik om erge pyn spesifiek na 'n operasie te bestuur. Terwyl dit wetlik voorgeskryf is, it’s also being sold and distributed on the black market.
Sonoran Prevention Works in Arizona, helps families affected by drugs and sees thousands of people each year. “A deadly dose of Fentanyl is not very much at all, it’s a couple of granules…and because it’s showing up in drugs and people don’t know it, because it’s not regulated in any capacity, and because it’s so strong and potent it is accidentally being mixed into drugs, or it’s really easy to accidentally put too much in a drug,” said Haley Coles, Executive Director of the organization.
