Fentanyl
Fentanyl, also spelled fentanil, is an opioid used as a pain medication and together with other medications for anesthesia. It is also used as a recreational drug, often mixed with heroin or cocaine. It has a rapid onset and its effects generally last under two hours. Medically, it is used by injection, nasal spray, skin patch, or absorbed through the cheek (transmucosal) as a lozenge or tablet.Common side effects include vomiting, constipation, sedation, confusion, hallucinations, nausea, and injuries related to poor coordination. Serious side effects may include decreased breathing (respiratory depression), serotonin syndrome, low blood pressure, addiction, or coma. Fentanyl …
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Nuffield Trust · 18 April 2024 English
Following on from our 2022 report looking at the health landscape six years on from Brexit, this report aims to look deeper at key trends we identified in the supply …
sleeping medication), amoxycillin, paracetamol and fentanyl had higher occurrences of shortage. During the …
Pew Research Center · 10 April 2024 English
Around nine-in-ten Americans say marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use, according to an October 2022 Pew Research Center survey.
decreases the use of other drugs like heroin, fentanyl and 6 7 8 9 cocaine, and 29% say it increases …
Baker Institute for Public Policy · 6 April 2024 English
In a legal memorandum that, despite some instances of polemic, offers a helpful discussion of the history of the Supreme Court’s approach to the establishment clause since the 1960s, Sarah …
Legislative Action on School Choice, Property Taxes and Fentanyl in State of the State,” Texas Tribune, February …
CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 5 April 2024 English
Outlines information and key findings on the habits and motivations of people who frequently consume cannabis. The report compiles insights from focus groups, highlighting changing trends in usage, preferred methods …
amphetamines g) Consume heroin, methadone, oxycodone or fentanyl Never 1 1 or 2 days in a typical week 2 3 or 4 …
AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 4 April 2024 English
Key Points Americans are less interested in, and seemingly less capable of, strategic thinking today than before the end of the Cold War. There are obvious reasons for this slackening …
has facilitated the poisoning of America with fentanyl and other deadly drugs pushed by Mexican narco-cartels … themselves to do the damage, whether via the poison of fentanyl or the poisonous propaganda trafficked on TikTok …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 April 2024 English
Public health advocates warn that the rapid growth of legal markets for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) may generate a “gateway” to marijuana and harder drug consumption, particularly among teenagers. …
consumption of harder drugs such as opioids (i.e., fentanyl, heroin, or nonmedical use of prescription painkillers) …
Cato Institute · 1 April 2024 English
America's new wave of fatalities is largely a result of the illicit market, specifically illicit fentanyl. And as production cuts contribute to the reduction of the already strained supply of legal, regulated …
a result of the illicit market, specifically illicit fentanyl. And as production cuts contribute to the reduction … first with more dangerous heroin and later with fentanyl. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School …
Cato Institute · 27 March 2024 English
This week, Idaho's Republican Governor Brad Little signed HB 617 into law. The bill repeals Idaho's five- year- old law that permits harm reduction organizations to operate syringe services programs …
of people have been pining to inject heroin or fentanyl that they can easily access on the black market …
Pew Research Center · 26 March 2024 English
Americans largely favor legalization of the drug, including 57% who say it should be legal for both medical and recreational use.
like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine 27 Decreases the use of other drugs like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine …
Pew Research Center · 26 March 2024 English
Americans largely favor legalization of the drug, including 57% who say it should be legal for both medical and recreational use.
decreases (27%) the use of other drugs, like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine (42% say it has no impact). ▪ Community … increases the use of other drugs, like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, compared with just 17% of Democrats … have an effect on the use of drugs like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. Another 32% in this group say it … like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine 27 Decreases the use of other drugs like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine …