Fentanyl Is Killing Us | 5 Minute Videos

Experimenting with pills has never been deadlier because the drug supply has never been deadlier. James Fishback, founder of NEO: The New Drug Talk, explains what you need to know.

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In the ugly history of illicit drugs, no drug is more deadly than fentanyl.

Not cocaine.

Not meth

Not heroin.

Every day, fentanyl kills over 200 Americans; rich, poor, black, white, old, young. Especially young.

Fentanyl is a cheap synthetic opioid that is incredibly dangerous for two reasons:

First, it’s FIFTY TIMES stronger than heroin. Just a sugar packet’s worth of fentanyl would kill over 500 people.

Second, fentanyl is used to create counterfeit versions of popular prescription drugs. These fake pills look identical to the real ones—Xanax, Adderall, Oxycontin, Percocet, and others. You can’t see, smell, or taste the difference. Even agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA, can’t tell the difference between the real pill and the counterfeit one.

Fentanyl isn’t just deadly poison. It’s deadly poison in disguise, and most kids who die from it had no idea they were even taking it.