Knowing teens are more likely to listen to their peers, students in the San Bernadino City Unified School District in California came together to create this video about the dangers of fentanyl with a powerful message in their own words: "too many kids like us are dying from drug overdoses, so what you're about to hear can save your life!"
Fentanyl is a powerful opioid painkiller. Synthetic drugs, like fentanyl, are manufactured illegally in mass quantities to drive addiction. It can be pressed into pills or laced with other drugs like heroin, cocaine, and other street drugs, which amplifies potency and increases potential danger.
Fake pills with fentanyl are made to look like regular prescription medication like Oxycontin, Percoset, Xanax, Adderall, and other medications. It's hard to tell the difference between real and fake pills by looking at them. Counterfeit pills can be purchased online, but unlike actual prescription drugs, fake pills contain zero legitimate medicine.
Only a very small dose of 2 milligrams of fentanyl - about the size of a few grains of salt or sand - can be deadly. Fentanyl can cause confusion, drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, cold/clammy skin, changes in pupil size, coma, and respiratory failure that can lead to death.
Presence of fentanyl both in counterfeit pills and in illicit street drugs poses a grave threat to the safety of teens and adults alike. Inform yourself about the risks of fentanyl or better yet don't start experimenting with drugs at all - One Pill Can Kill!
Knowledge Saves Lives!
Learn more at
https://drugfree.org/drugs/what-is-fentanyl/
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