Fentanyl : a briefing guide for first responders.
"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...
| Format: | Government Document eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo82222 http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo82222 |
| Summary: | "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. |
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| Item Description: | "Furanyl-fentanyl, acryl-fentanyl, acetyl-fentanyl, carfentanil, 3-methylfentanyl and synthetic opiods." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations |