ANYONE doing coke or street opioids these days needs to invest in Fentanyl test strips. Before you pay the dealer for your purchase; dip a test strip in it, wait 5 minutes, and then either call off the deal if it’s laced, or buy it.
There are literally dozens of brands on the market. Get them on Amazon or your local CVS Pharmacy.
On Amazon:
Fentanyl Testing Strips - Carethetic Fentanyl Test Strips for Powder, Liquid & Pills - Fentanyl Test Kit for Drugs Includes - 12 FYL Test Strips + Micro Scoop + Specimen Cup + Manual + Quick Guide https://a.co/d/5DZ88kH
And while we are here on the topic, many studios big and small are now stocking Narcan and have a person responsible for administering it if someone overdoses at a shoot. This was standard practice on commercial fishing boats for years and thankfully it’s now being adopted by the adult and mainstream film industry, and many other businesses and institutions across the country.
NYT Explainer:
Narcan - Here’s what you need to know
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.
What is Narcan?
The approved branded nasal spray from Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions is the best-known form of naloxone.
It can reverse overdoses of opioids, including street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl and prescription versions including oxycodone.
Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a key strategy to control the nationwide overdose crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 U.S. deaths a year. The majority of those deaths are tied to opioids, primarily potent synthetic versions such as fentanyl that can take multiple doses of naloxone to reverse.
Narcan, a nasal spray that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose, has now received federal approval to be sold over the counter.
If used in time, Narcan, a version of the drug naloxone, which blocks the opioid’s effect on the brain, can be a lifesaver for someone taking opioids, including oxycodone, heroin or fentanyl
Think of Narcan or any naloxone nasal spray as a fire extinguisher, said Corey Davis, director of the Harm Reduction Legal Project at the Network for Public Health Law. “Hopefully you’ll never need it,” he said. “But at some point maybe the kitchen’s going to catch on fire and you won’t have time to run to the fire extinguisher store.”
Who should carry naloxone?
According to reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021, bystanders were present at 46 percent of fatal opioid overdoses. If they had been carrying naloxone and knew how to use it, lives could have been saved.
If you know people who use drugs even casually, or if you use opioids yourself, there is no downside to carrying Narcan. If you work at a business that has a first-aid kit on hand, why not keep a naloxone spray in it? Parents of teenagers or young adults, what about a box in your medicine cabinet? College dorms? The school nurse’s office? Libraries?
Think of it much like an EpiPen allergies, or an asthma inhaler — or, indeed, like a fire extinguisher.
Available on Amazon. Get a kit for your studio just in case:
NARCAN Nasal Spray 4 mg, Emergency Treatment of Opioid Overdose, 2 Single-Dose Devices https://a.co/d/2JoRZzl
