Opioid Epidemic

True or False: Using nicotine during adolescence may also increase risk for future addiction to other drugs

True

True or False: Fentanyl is approximately 100 times less powerful than morphine

False, it is approximately 100 times more powerful than morphine

Opioids can be addictive, even when taken as directed

True

Nicotine

Affects the development of the brain’s reward system making other drugs more pleasurable to a teen’s developing brain

Opioids

Medications prescribed to reduce pain

Oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, fentanyl, morphine, and heroin

Can lead to death if overdosed

Fentanyl

Synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times more powerful than heroin

Many contain lethal dose and leads to overdoses and deaths

Signs of overdose

Unresponsiveness

Unconsciousness

Breathing slowly or not at all

making gurgling noises

Blue/purple fingernails and lips

Cold, pale, or clammy skin

Naloxone aka narcan

Opioid antagonist that will reverse and block the effects of opioids in the body

Can be given as an injection or a nasal spray

No effect on someone who does not have opioids in their system

Not a treatment for opioid use disorder