Emphasizing that opioids are addictive and opioid abuse is deadly, this educational folding display reveals the cold, hard facts about opioid misuse and abuse. From prescription opioid abuse to the dangers of illicit synthetic opioids and heroin, neonatal abstinence syndrome, overdose, and death, the display makes it clear that misusing opioid painkillers causes extremely painful consequences.
Topics covered include:
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What are opioids?
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How opioids work
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How prescription opioids are misused
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Possible short-term effects of opioids
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Opioid addiction
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Prescription opioids and heroin
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Risks of injecting opioids
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Opioids and pregnancy (including neonatal abstinence syndrome)
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Opioid overdose (including the importance of having naloxone (Narcan) available
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Getting help
The folding display additionally covers the dangers fake prescription opioid pills, which may contain deadly doses of illicit synthetic opioids (such as fentanyl or nitazenes) as well as xylazine, an animal tranquilizer. It also explains that harm reduction strategies (including never using alone, having naloxone on hand, and using fentanyl test strips) cannot eliminate the possibility of fatal overdose because there is no safe way to abuse opioid drugs. A perfect addition to any drug education or drug abuse prevention program. 58″ x 22½” opened.
HEC-78884, fentanyl, opioids, opioid
