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Record Nr.

UNINA9910705730403321

Titolo

Fentanyl: a briefing guide for first responders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, , [2017]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations

Soggetti

First responders - United States

Fentanyl

Opioids

Drug abuse

Handbooks and manuals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Furanyl-fentanyl, acryl-fentanyl, acetyl-fentanyl, carfentanil, 3-methylfentanyl and syntheic opiods."

Sommario/riassunto

"In the last several years, U.S. Law Enforcement has seen a dramatic increase in the availability of dangerous synthetic opioids. A large majority of these synthetic opioids are structural derivatives of the synthetic drug "fentanyl." Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid currently listed as a Schedule II prescription drug that mimics the effects of morphine in the human body, but has potency 50-100 times that of morphine"--Page 2.

"There is a significant threat to law enforcement personnel, and other first responders, who may come in contact with fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances through routine law enforcement, emergency or life-saving activities"--Page 2.