FENTANYL, its analogs, and other potent opioids HIGH RISK ...€¦ · FENTANYL, its analogs, and...

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FENTANYL & ANALOGS/OTHER OPIATES SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: - severe sleepiness - slow heartbeat - difficulty breathing - slow, shallow breathing or snoring - cold, clammy skin - trouble walking or talking Fentanyl lethal dose = 2 mg (approx 2 grains of salt) - syringes, powders, green tablets - cotton swabs with green substance (evidence of crushing & snorting tablets) Unidentified white powder LOOK FOR: Bullet-type blenders YOU MAY BE AT AN OD, LAB, OR TABLETING OPERATION AND ARE AT HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE!! Small bottles of colouring Drug recipes Small bottles of colouring Scales White powder FENTANYL, its analogs, and other potent opioids HIGH RISK to First Responders 2016-09-22 Fake Oxy tablets crushed for snorting - synthetic opioids - Fentanyl is 100x more potent than morphine, analogs can be even stronger - skin permeable and easily inhaled - can be white or coloured powder, or brown & pebbly (mistaken for, and used like, heroin) - often pressed into tablets (e.g./ fake Oxys) CISBC/YT RCMP-GRC

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  • FENTANYL & ANALOGS/OTHER OPIATES SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE:

    - severe sleepiness- slow heartbeat- difficulty breathing - slow, shallow breathing or snoring- cold, clammy skin- trouble walking or talking

    Fentanyl lethal dose = 2 mg

    (approx 2 grains of salt)

    - syringes, powders, green tablets - cotton swabs with green substance (evidence of crushing & snorting tablets)

    Unidentified white powder

    LOOK FOR: Bullet-type blenders

    YOU MAY BE AT AN OD, LAB, OR TABLETING OPERATION AND ARE AT HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE!!

    Small bottles of colouring Drug recipes

    Small bottles of colouring Scales White powder

    FENTANYL, its analogs, and other potent opioids HIGH RISK to First Responders

    2016-09-22

    Fake Oxy tablets crushed for snorting

    - synthetic opioids- Fentanyl is 100x more potent than morphine, analogs can be even stronger - skin permeable and easily inhaled- can be white or coloured powder, or brown & pebbly (mistaken for, and used like, heroin)- often pressed into tablets (e.g./ fake Oxys)

    CISBC/YTRCMP-GRC