Fentanyl Facts and Opioid Overdose (Government of Canada)

According to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, some common street names for fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin include:

-Apache -China Girl -China White -Dance Fever -Friend -Goodfella -Jackpot -Murder 8 -TNT -Tango and Cash

The risk of overdose increases when opioids are:

-taken more often or at higher doses than recommended -taken with alcohol -taken with sedatives such as sleeping pills muscle relaxants, benzodiazepines -injecting drugs -taken as a stronger drug your body isn't used -takrn at higher doses than you are used to -using drugs of unknown purity or strength -health conditions, like liver or kidney disease, or breathing problems

Carfentanil and W-18 are both ___ times stronger than fentanyl.

100

Fentanyl is about ___ times more powerful than morphine.

100

One kilogram of fenatnyl can be converted into _______ pills.

100,000

According to The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, fentanyl addicts can consume up to __ pills a day,

15

According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, a lethal dose of pure fentanyl is _ milligrams.

2

___ opioid related deaths occurred in British Columbia in 2017. In 2012, this number was only __.

639/12

The Canadian Center on Substance Abuse reported in 2015 that there were ___ fentanyl-caused deaths across ALL of Canada from 2009-2014

655

A recent United Nations report found that which nation consumes the most prescription opioids (natural, synthetic, or semi-synthetic, or drugs emulate opium) per capita of any country in the world?

Canada

According to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, the primary source of illicit fentanyl is from what nation?

China

How can extended release-opioid tablets cause an overdose if used incorrectly?

If they are split or cut, crushed, or otherwise broken, a large amount of the drug can be released at once.

In order to fund expensive drug habits, addicts often turn to what kinds of crimes?

Property, sex, and drug crimes

Opioid drugs affect the part of the brain that controls _________, which when slowed significantly can lead to unconsciousness and death.

breathing

Fentanyl is sometimes diluted and sold as synthetic ______.

heroin

Canadian ambulances already carry _________ kits for rapid responses to overdosing patients.

naloxone

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has called for new legislation to prevent ____ ________(the machines that convert fentanyl into pill form) from entering the country without being registered (they are currently unregulated).

pill presses

Fentanyl is often stamped into ____ form and sold on the street as _________.

pill/oxycodone

Fentanyl can be aborbed through ___ ____.

the skin