“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
America Dennis Barajas Dueñas, director of the Juvenile Integration Center in Fresnillo (CIJ), announced that a male patient arrived at the institution with a 12-month history of fentanyl use. She pointed out that he is being given adequate and timely treatment.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. It is a major contributor to fatal and non-fatal overdoses.
Unfortunately, this drug is already circulating in Fresnillo society, so to try to prevent its use, CIJ is conducting awareness workshops for teachers and students in Fresnillo schools.
He said that they are professionally prepared to deal with this type of consumption and any other substance.
Fentanyl and overdoses
Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the drugs most frequently involved in overdose deaths. It can be deadly even in small doses. More than 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
The drugs may contain deadly levels of fentanyl, and you can’t see it, taste it, or smell it. It is almost impossible to tell if drugs were laced with fentanyl unless you test your drugs with fentanyl test strips.