2023
In its prescription form, fentanyl is known by such names as Actiq®, Duragesic®, and Sublimaze®.4,5
Street names for illegally used fentanyl include Apache, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfellas, Jackpot, Murder 8, and Tango & Cash, Blues- for their common color (though they can come in other colors) or M30s for the stamp on the pills.
How do people use fentanyl?
When prescribed by a doctor, fentanyl can be given as a shot, a patch that is put on a person’s skin, or as lozenges that are sucked like cough drops.
The illegally used fentanyl most often associated with recent overdoses is made in labs. This synthetic fentanyl is sold illegally as a powder, dropped onto blotter paper, put in eye droppers and nasal sprays, or made into pills that look like other prescription opioids.
540%
INCREASE IN FENTANYL
OVERDOSE DEATHS
SINCE 2016 (CDC)
Illegal fentanyl is being mixed with other drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and MDMA. This is especially dangerous because people are often unaware that fentanyl has been added.
Teens are purchasing what they think are OxyContin, Percoset or Xanax pills via social media, but drug dealers are making these fake pills with the cheaper, stronger and more deadly synthetic drug called fentanyl to increase their profits. Fentanyl is odorless, tasteless and colorless. Teens never know what they’re getting. One pill can kill them. One pill.
Quiz Time
How many people died from drug poisoning in 2021?
a. None
b. More than 1 million people
c. Only a few thousand
d. More than 100,000 people
How many people died from drug poisoning in 2021?
d. More than 100,000 people
Fake pills are easy to identify.
True or False
Fake pills are easy to identify.
False
There are 2 types of fentanyl: Pharmaceutical fentanyl and ____?
a. Synthetic fentanyl
b. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF)
c. Placebo fentanyl
d. Cartel fentanyl
There are 2 types of fentanyl: Pharmaceutical fentanyl and ____?
b. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF)
What is Nalaxone?
a. A new cryptocurrency
b. A life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids
c. An illegal drug
d. A fake word
What is Nalaxone?
b. A life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids
Illicitly-made fentanyl is mixed with which drugs?
a. Adderall
b. Xanax
c. Oxycodone
d. Fentanyl has been found in all of these and more
Illicitly-made fentanyl is mixed with which drugs?
d. Fentanyl has been found in all of these and more
Why is fentanyl found in other drugs?
a. It’s cheaper to make
b. It’s more addictive
c. It’s more powerful
d. All of the above
Why is fentanyl found in other drugs?
d. All of the above
How many fake pills out of 10 are found to contain a lethal dose of fentanyl?
a. 4
b. 1
c. 8
d. 6
How many fake pills out of 10 are found to contain a lethal dose of fentanyl?
d. 6
What are some worrying signs of potential overdose?
a. Falling asleep or losing consciousness b. Choking or gurgling sounds
c. Limp body
d. Discolored skin (especially in lips and nails)
e. All of the above
What are some worrying signs of potential overdose?
e. All of the above
What does fentanyl smell like?
a. Bleach
b. Roses
c. Chocolate
d. Nothing
What does fentanyl smell like?
d. Nothing
Kids have died from taking a pill they were promised to not have fentanyl.
True or False
Kids have died from taking a pill they were promised to not have fentanyl.
True
If you have a friend who might have ingested fentanyl, you should:
a. Wait it out
b. Call 911 immediately
c. Hope for the best
If you have a friend who might have ingested fentanyl, you should:
b. Call 911 immediately
If someone takes a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl, they have no chance for survival.
True or False
If someone takes a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl, they have no chance for survival.
False
What’s surprising or shocking to you about what you just learned?
What do you think is the most effective way to inform students about the dangers of Fentanyl and Fentapills? What doesn’t work?
Why do you think some kids would still take the risk of taking pills – even if they don’t know what’s in them?
Discussion Questions
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3/10/23- The Washington County Sheriff's Office Westside Interagency Narcotics (WIN) Team recovered 130,000 fentanyl pills with a total weight of 15.2kg. The street value of the fentanyl pills is approximately $400,000.