{"id":37264,"date":"2022-11-01T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=37264"},"modified":"2022-11-01T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:14:46","slug":"genesee-county-health-dept-fentanyl-the-current-wave-of-the-opioid-crisis-in-genesee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/01\/genesee-county-health-dept-fentanyl-the-current-wave-of-the-opioid-crisis-in-genesee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Health Dept.\/Fentanyl: The current wave of the opioid crisis in Genesee County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States has passed a grim, heartbreaking milestone: a record number of Americans are dying as a result of a drug overdose. Between April 2020 and April 2021, drugs \u2013 mostly synthetic opioids such as fentanyl \u2013 took the lives of more than 100,000 of our sons and daughters, loved ones and neighbors, community members, and friends. During the same twelve-month period, eleven people died in Genesee County from opioid overdoses, and fentanyl was involved in all of these deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This rise in opioid overdoses across the U.S. is largely due to illicit fentanyl contaminating street drugs. Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is FDA-approved as a patch or lozenge for the treatment of severe pain. Fentanyl is at least 50 times more potent than heroin. Most recent cases of fentanyl-related harm, overdose, and death in the U.S. are linked to illegally made fentanyl that is mixed into drugs like counterfeit painkillers and benzodiazepines, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Fentanyl has also been detected in fake pills that look like candy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA small amount of fentanyl, smaller than the tip of a pencil can kill someone,\u201d stated Paul Pettit, Public Health Director for Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments (GO Health). \u201cThis is a serious issue that impacts our children, our families and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because we have an unregulated and criminalized drug supply, there is no way to tell if a street drug someone is using is 100% safe. This means that someone may use a product that they believe their body is able to tolerate, but it may actually be much stronger than they expect due to being contaminated with fentanyl, without knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opioid crisis is not confined to a particular subset of our population. The epidemic affects wealthy and poor, black and white, rural and urban, and every corner of Genesee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HEALing Our Communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The street drug supply has always been unpredictable and inconsistent \u2013 this is especially true now. People who use drugs should assume overdose risk no matter what drug they\u2019re using, and practice as much harm reduction as consistently possible. Our community should also practice harm reduction strategies by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Knowing the signs of an overdose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Carrying naloxone and knowing how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Looking out for others in the community and administering naloxone if you suspect an overdose!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By following these harm reduction strategies, together, we can HEAL our communities and reduce preventable overdose deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about fentanyl and naloxone, visit: \u00b7 HEALing Communities Study Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HealTogetherNY.org\">www.HealTogetherNY.org<\/a>\/Genesee \u00b7 GOW Opioid Taskforce Website:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gowopioidtaskforce.org\/\"> www.gowopioidtaskforce.org\/<\/a> \u00b7 GO Health Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GOHealthNY\">www.facebook.com\/GOHealthNY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The United States has passed a grim, heartbreaking milestone: a record number of Americans are dying as a result of a drug overdose. Between April 2020 and April 2021, drugs \u2013 mostly synthetic opioids such as fentanyl \u2013 took the lives of more than 100,000 of our sons \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/01\/genesee-county-health-dept-fentanyl-the-current-wave-of-the-opioid-crisis-in-genesee-county\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[3357],"class_list":["post-37264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-opioid-crisis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-9H2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47851,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/genesee-orleans-cocaine-use-contributing-factor-in-fatal-cocaine-fentanyl-overdoses\/","url_meta":{"origin":37264,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE\/ORLEANS\/Cocaine use contributing factor in fatal cocaine fentanyl overdoses","author":"aka","date":"October 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments (GO Health) have identified aconcerning trend of elevated cocaine use locally that is causing fatal fentanyl overdoses.Fortunately, these deaths are preventable, and resources are available locally to help. 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