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Health unit prescribes public awareness about fentanyl
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Fentanyl, both the legal and the illegal va- rieties, is the new drug scourge for police and health authorities in the province. In Eastern Ontario, the regional health unit is focusingmuch of its efforts in combating the drug problem through public aware- ness, with special attention to the youth sector of the population. “We’ve been monitoring this situation for a year now,” said Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, chief medical officer for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU). So far, he noted, the EOHU has not deter- mined any increase in the number of actual drug-related deaths due to fentanyl within its jurisdiction. Whether that means a stable situation or not is not possible to determine with certainty yet. Fentanyl is a prescription drug used for pain management for patients following surgery or in some cases for people who suffer chronic pain. It is a synthetic opiod, similar tomorphine but it is 50 to 100 times more potent. The EOHU approach to the situation has focused on making sure young people are aware of the risks for both fentanyl and its illegal street version. The health unit has twice sent out notices to all school districts and their schools, warning themof the dan- ger of drug use and abuse, with emphasis on the increasing presence of fentanyl on the regional drug scene. Dr. Roumeliotis noted that the street- version of fentanyl is more dangerous than the over-the-counter version. Homemade fentanyl, he said, is more pure than the com- mercial version, which means it is more potent with a greater chance of an overdose occurring.
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He also noted that drug dealers may also pass off fentanyl, whether the com- mercial form or the homemade version, as some other kind of pill, like Xanax, to their clients, both the hardcore addicts and those experimenting with drugs for the first time. Newcomers to the drug scene could end up overdosing on a fentanyl-laced pill, the first time they try it. “Anything off the street is dangerous,” Dr. Roumeliotis said. “Please, do not take anything you get off the street.” The CrimeStoppers program has an- nounced a recent increase in the reward offered for anonymous tips on fentanyl dea- lers, production and distribution of the drug. Le fentanyl, à la fois les variétés légales et illégales, est le nouveau fléau de la drogue pour les autorités policières et de santé dans la province. Le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario concentre une grande partie de ses efforts à la lutte contre le problème de la drogue, en sensibilisant le public et en accordant une attention particulière au secteur jeunesse de la population.
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