Challenges in making fentanyl test strips accessible
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana-based Overdose Lifeline rolled out a video campaign to make fentanyl test strips more accessible to Gen Z. Meta removed it from Facebook, the nonprofit said.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug that can be used for medical purposes, but is increasingly seen laced in drugs bought off the street. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration , it is about 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.
When mixed with other drugs, it has the capacity to make them 100 times more potent and when ingested, two milligrams of it can be lethal…