Sep 22, 2026 · 56 min · 26 segments
You've heard we're in a FENTANYL CRISIS - but do you really know what this is and how you can escape dying from it? It's not just about avoiding strange men on street corners who are drug pushers…
Carole LiebermanHost
Will you recognize it before it kills you or your kids? Now, that's actually a tricky question because, in fact, it is very hard to recognize fentanyl because you can't You can't smell it.
And plus, what we're talking about today, of course, is the synthetic illegal fentanyl, not the kind you might get from your doctor.
Usually this is given after surgery, or it can be given for people with chronic pain If they have become tolerant to other opioids, meaning that they let's say someone has chronic pain and they've been given some kind of opiate opioid before and and they get their body gets used to it.
the analgesic effect so that in other words it's sort of the last resort fentanyl is a narcotic a pain relieving drug of the last resort because it is the most dangerous because it can not only create dependence upon it but also um addiction so um you can buy dot when you get it from a doctor You can get it as a shot or a patch or lozenges like throat lozenges.
But illegally, it's made in labs, it's synthetic, and it can be sold as a powder or dropped onto a blotter paper, blotter paper, or put in eye drops and nasal sprays or made into pills that look like other
prescription opioids.
So in other words, drug dealers are realizing that fentanyl is a much cheaper drug than heroin or cocaine or methamphetamine or MDMA.
So they have been increasingly using some fentanyl with these other drugs and not mentioning it, and that way they make more money.
The reason why people like it, how you can get addicted to it, is because it can cause extreme happiness, confusion, you might not want that, a sedation.
But the bad effects are, especially when you've taken too much, is you can start having problems breathing and you can become unconscious.
So that is why it is very dangerous and why you have to be particularly careful, even though you can't smell it or see it or necessarily recognize it by its properties.
But you have to be alert to the kinds of situations when you might be likely to get it.
Now, you've probably heard of stories of people accidentally touching something that had fentanyl on it.
Will you recognize it before it kills you or your kids? Now, that's actually a tricky question because, in fact, it is very hard to recognize fentanyl because you can't You can't smell it.
And plus, what we're talking about today, of course, is the synthetic illegal fentanyl, not the kind you might get from your doctor.
Usually this is given after surgery, or it can be given for people with chronic pain If they have become tolerant to other opioids, meaning that they let's say someone has chronic pain and they've been given some kind of opiate opioid before and and they get their body gets used to it.
the analgesic effect so that in other words it's sort of the last resort fentanyl is a narcotic a pain relieving drug of the last resort because it is the most dangerous because it can not only create dependence upon it but also um addiction so um you can buy dot when you get it from a doctor You can get it as a shot or a patch or lozenges like throat lozenges.
But illegally, it's made in labs, it's synthetic, and it can be sold as a powder or dropped onto a blotter paper, blotter paper, or put in eye drops and nasal sprays or made into pills that look like other
prescription opioids.
So in other words, drug dealers are realizing that fentanyl is a much cheaper drug than heroin or cocaine or methamphetamine or MDMA.
So they have been increasingly using some fentanyl with these other drugs and not mentioning it, and that way they make more money.
The reason why people like it, how you can get addicted to it, is because it can cause extreme happiness, confusion, you might not want that, a sedation.
But the bad effects are, especially when you've taken too much, is you can start having problems breathing and you can become unconscious.
So that is why it is very dangerous and why you have to be particularly careful, even though you can't smell it or see it or necessarily recognize it by its properties.
But you have to be alert to the kinds of situations when you might be likely to get it.
Now, you've probably heard of stories of people accidentally touching something that had fentanyl on it.
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