Fentanyl Addiction
Fentanyl is a prescription synthetic opiate medication ranging from 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be injected, smoked, snorted or taken in pill form and is primarily used to treat post-surgery or chronic pain in adults or cancer patients. Because of its potency, overdoses can occur easily and are increasingly responsible for up to thousands of deaths each year. The CDC and DEA have recently focused efforts on prohibiting fentanyl production in the United States because of the frequency it is also found lacing illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine.