How fentanyl kills: A CBC News explainer
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid - a painkiller similar to morphine. But its recreational use is becoming a public health crisis and increasing problem for law enforcement across the country. To Read more www.cbc.ca/1.3864676
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A while back, On a busy dinner shift, I was sharing a big party with a co worker. I noticed he was gone for a long time. So I started asking the staff if they had seen him. We all knew he was somewhat addicted to opioids, but we didn’t think he would get high at work. 10 minutes After asking around, we noticed the bathroom door was locked, but no one would answer. The door could only be locked from the inside. One of the staff members took a power tool, and cut through the lock, and there he was. On the floor. Face looked like it was starting to look blue. I’ve never seen this in my life, so I don’t know what to do except to call his name, and remind him to breathe. We got him out of the bathroom, and carefully held his head so his neck wouldn’t break. Soon enough the paramedics got there, and confirmed that he was having an overdose. As they were bringing him out with a sheet through a small stair space by the kitchen I saw the paramedics use narcan on him, and he immediately woke up. As if he was stuck in time. Luckily for him ge survived that night, but got fired. Months passed by and l get a phone call from a random number. I never pick those calls up, but for some reason I can’t explain. I picked it up. And it was him. Thanking me for helping out. It was truly heartbreaking. He said he was gonna try to get Better. Recently I heard he overdosed again. Not sure if that true or not, but that’s a damn shame.
@pamt9543
Ай бұрын
I struggle w opioid addiction. A lot of good people get lost this way. We all know not to do it but for whatever reason, life breaks people down, they get badly influenced, or a myriad of other reasons. Thank you for your story I'm sorry you had to see this. My mother has brought me back too many times.
@korymanuel8682
Ай бұрын
@@pamt9543also struggling with opioids I hope that you get your battle won I'll pray for you
My dad died November 14,2023 from what we believe was an overdose of fentanyl. I’m so torn up about it😢. Rest in Peace Jeffrey L. Dunnigan.
@yvahri5048
6 ай бұрын
Rip keep your head up🫂
@Product909
6 ай бұрын
I’m sorry for you loss
@kalvin7718
5 ай бұрын
Praying for you ❤
@mleezy930
5 ай бұрын
Mine passed November 5th to fentanyl. Sorry for your loss
@CedesAF
5 ай бұрын
@@mleezy930 everything will get better hun.
My little sister died a year ago today from fentyal. 29 years old and so beautiful but broken. I love you Sam
@nicholassims1947
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your loss. Lost my cousin last night to fentanyl. She was 36.
@tammyhotchkiss9165
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry 😔 The medical examiner called me this last Friday to inform me that my younger brother just died from this February 27,2023.I'm now the only one left and pray he found GOD 🙏❣️😔 Horrible drug... He was 56 and all alone
@sansicek
4 ай бұрын
#fentfriday
@triwolfindustries69
3 ай бұрын
My little sister is on the verge which is what brought me here
@SeptemberChild1835
3 ай бұрын
I am truly sorry to learn that.
Thank you for giving a clear, scientific explanation that is not overly complex, but that does not resort to shaming, or fried egg false analogy.
@diegotrejos5780
Жыл бұрын
Report the scam bot wherever you see it.
@desmondogara1287
9 ай бұрын
@Saew-ks2ryyep propaganda
@CanadianPranks12
7 ай бұрын
Maybe he's trying to tell you you are more of a meal when you're on drugs if you think about it 🤔
@NazriB
7 ай бұрын
Lies again? Fly Emirates Blu Store
@johnbryan2414
7 ай бұрын
The problem is, it is complicated. This is not just some drug. Technology, medical advancements, and the joint "coming together" of the fbi and cartels, means this is a weapon, not a drug
I was given this for severe pain after spine surgery I must say I now understand why its addictive
@notgreatnotterrible48years63
2 жыл бұрын
It was prescribed to me too after surgery but I didn’t like it at all. It wasn’t enjoyable to me, it did lessen the pain BUT the side effects were awful for me
@jayproductions2759
10 ай бұрын
@@notgreatnotterrible48years63which was?
@Prodbytocile
9 ай бұрын
@@jayproductions2759bro i just was a maniac
A friend of mine was being unknowingly dosed by his vape shop (yes, I know) with fentanyl and didn't find out until the cops busted his usual store. It was really messing him up, and none of us knew what was up. It's scary to know that he could've died.
@jusrayne
5 жыл бұрын
How we're they putting it in the liquid?
@ar444.heartss
Жыл бұрын
@@jusrayneits not a liquid 😭 it’s a wax
@jusrayne
Жыл бұрын
@@ar444.heartss I date guy smoke vape it's not a wax it's liquid you can shake it's like water material wax is thick
@ar444.heartss
Жыл бұрын
@@jusrayne boi b fr. i smoke & nb is putting fentanyl in vapes 😭 vapes are nicotine. theyre probably talking about pens when they say vapes and wax is in the carts, not liquid.
@daMillenialTrucker
Жыл бұрын
News link or it didn't happen
My friend is currently on life support from this drug. I love her so much and i pray she has a peaceful transition to heaven. Thanks for explaining to me how this affects the human body.
@samvohra6992
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear about your friend. Prayers for her 🙏
@MidwestBoxin
2 жыл бұрын
Did she make it?
@melissaa3654
2 жыл бұрын
Did she make it?
@michaelbreen914
2 жыл бұрын
Did she make it?
@cry6ix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to the name above ⬆️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ I got mine from them they are legit ..,,,,,,,
all that commercial ever did was put me in the mood for fried eggs every morning.
@melissaa3654
2 жыл бұрын
That's my favorite commercial. Drugs fry your brain causing brain damage. That's why I never do drugs. Doctors pills make me nauseous so forget that too.
i came back from one of those my homie rushed me to the hospital and saved my life. been clean eversince. 🙏
@melissaa3654
2 жыл бұрын
Lucky. My sister in law just died from fentanal. She thought she was buying a Roxy. But it wasn't....sadly my nephew doesn't have a mom anymore. So sad
@a.g.8357
2 жыл бұрын
@@melissaa3654 so sorry for your loss.
@based_mediumchungus1788
Жыл бұрын
@@melissaa3654 this is why we should legalize oxycodone for recreational use. there would be no fentanyl pill black market if oxy was legal 😐
@nicholassims1947
Жыл бұрын
@@melissaa3654 I hear you. Lost my cousin last night to fentanyl.
@nicholassims1947
Жыл бұрын
@@based_mediumchungus1788 No. Opiates are dangerous at all levels and cause massive damage to the body. There's a reason certain drugs need to stay illegal.
Great job explaining how fenty kills in a very clear, precise way. In under two minutes no less.
@thedocumentarycollection
3 ай бұрын
A documentary to see more of that issue through the story of Bre: kzread.info/dash/bejne/foxnpKSbcsmzk9I.html
There is nothing recreational about these drugs.
@creme923
4 жыл бұрын
I'm actually smoking fentanyl to understand why people get addicted and the downsides of it, I've done it before and the euphoria is definitely one key short term benefit, however the come downs suck. I would much rather smoke marijuana than do opiates, unless I was in major pain and it was prescribed by a doctor.
@greensphinx
3 жыл бұрын
@@creme923 Okay, just don’t get addicted.
@creme923
3 жыл бұрын
@@greensphinx I did. But im okay now.
@Krispykleenex
3 жыл бұрын
@@creme923 wow anything you took away from it
@based_mediumchungus1788
Жыл бұрын
heroin and fentanyl absolutely have recreational value. stop spreading misinformation.
My friend just died because of this. He was such a gentle soul, I’m broken
@pennycardullo1311
Ай бұрын
My 39 year old son died 2 months ago
@domgil8093
Ай бұрын
@@pennycardullo1311I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️🩹
It didn't make me feel any happier when I was given it for the first time last week. Maybe my dose was too low to feel euphoria but I must say its damn good at killing pain which I was incredibly grateful for.
@conspiracybear1564
5 жыл бұрын
It will affect you diff the more you take it. When you take it enough days in a row your body willnstop making the chemicals it gets from the drug & you will go in to withdrawl with in 12 or 24 hrs. U will deff start to feel happy whwn u take it then.
@conspiracybear1564
5 жыл бұрын
Do t let ot get to that point being addicted is the worst
@DaneArcher2000
5 жыл бұрын
Same thing when I took it after a surgery. It was the only thing that could even take the edge off the pain, and apparently I was on a high dose, according to the nurse. But I felt no euphoria - in fact I didn't feel like I was on anything, really, and I was still in pain, just not the blinding pain I *had* been in. My doc said later that I didn't feel euphoric because the fentanyl was acting on a brain in pain, so it did what it was supposed to - relieved intense pain. But when there is no pain to relieve, that's when it overwhelms the brain and the user will feel euphoric. Makes sense to me.
@realtalk675
5 жыл бұрын
Hamster Munchies y it killed mac miller
@mattyicee215
4 жыл бұрын
Smoke it
My brother died 2 years ago from this drug. He was found on the side of the street.
@nicholassims1947
Жыл бұрын
So sorry man. My cousin was just found in her bathroom last night from a Fentanyl overdose. Horrible situation.
Rip lip peep
@OGmagicman
5 жыл бұрын
Emrys 👩🏼🎤☔️💟☮️🌷🌸
@TentaCH
4 жыл бұрын
LLG
@lowkey9871
3 жыл бұрын
And mac too
@morganrobinson2436
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Prince😢💜
@sansicek
4 ай бұрын
#fentfriday
wow this is crazy and so sad thank you for explaining it clearer.
I have been been on fentanyl patches for 13 years prescribed by my doctor after two failed spinal surgeries because of chronic severe disabling pain and now that i want off it, it has become a nightmare just titration down from 100mcg patch to 75mcg the withdrawals are horrendous I curse the day I was put on the medication 😢😢
@thetruthchannel4634
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you
@sena6492
Жыл бұрын
I hope you are doing well... God be with you
@fidelitygaming6890
Жыл бұрын
@@sena6492 Thanks for asking mate doing well actually been off fentanyl since July 2022 thankfully I managed to get out without it snowballing into street drugs. Thankfully my doctor was my treating physician since my injury and provided the medication had he cut me off randomly like happens to some I'd have ended up on heroin thank God that didn't transpire. Thanks for the concern 8tz really appreciated.God bless you too 🙏 😊
@fidelitygaming6890
Жыл бұрын
@@thetruthchannel4634 God bless you too mate. Thanks bud been clean off fentanyl since July 2022
@Cronica013
Жыл бұрын
What was detox like?
My nephew died 2 weeks ago from this drug. He was 18. Very hard for the family and his friends. If you’re reading this and feeling lonely and with no hope, there’s always a way. I’m glad he met Jesus before leaving and his past months were a little different than before.
Thank you for some straight answers. CBC!
I just got word this morning that my friend passed away from this...He was a childhood friend, gone now
Thanks for sharing this information
Straight and to the point. Thanks I understand
My friend died of this. He was my Xbox friend too :( R.I.P James
@maryannperez7297
Жыл бұрын
I bought some psychedelic product from a drugstore online they're very reliable ship discreet
@maryannperez7297
Жыл бұрын
trippy_psyche1 ????
@maryannperez7297
Жыл бұрын
ON INSTAGRAM
@sansicek
4 ай бұрын
#fentfriday
It's like anesthesia if you take too much... Shuts down the nervous system.
@rosewood8503
Жыл бұрын
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@rosewood8503
Жыл бұрын
ON INSTAGRAM
@rosewood8503
Жыл бұрын
trippy_psyche1 ????
I got IV fentanyl during surgery and didn’t feel any of the high. They said it has a very short half-life of 45 min and I was asleep for all of it.
I’ve found my brother unconscious in the bathroom after a cocaine laced with fentanyl OD. Luckily I was able to save him but it’s so sad knowing what could’ve been different
Why would one want to take fentanyl if they have no pain? Makes no sense
@spacecruisers
4 ай бұрын
As the video mentioned: because of the dopamine release, it creates a very rewarding side effect of feeling euphoric.
@lionharehart
20 күн бұрын
To yeet oneself from this horrible world!
Been on it for a while when I don’t have it my back is litteraly bent over not cause I want too cause it feels good why does that happen !?
THANK YOU for this!
RiP Mac Miller 🙏🏽🕊
I like this video. I actually used it as a reference for one of my class presentations!
Man, I love/hate fent. Blissful high, but goddamn the withdrawals are literally hell.
@cry6ix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to the name above ⬆️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ I got mine from them they are legit
Ive bin clean from opiates & Fentanyl for 2 yrs hardest thing I ever did. I had a bag of fent & woyld hit it all day its a yellow powder.
Ive only tried it a few times, i just want to know if it damages my brain somehow. Because ik a person surviving a car crash will be on some form of painkillers, but does Fet damage yur brain with just few uses?
Actually, the frying egg 🥚 analogy is very good. That's how my brain feels on any opioid. Or maybe, acid bubbling on my brain.
@diegotrejos5780
Жыл бұрын
Remember to report the scam bots
Please Jesus help the lost people who are addicted to this❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼
@ranjeetkumar-wg7jr
5 жыл бұрын
I h Bhojpuri gana Bhojpuri gana
@mulastafa
2 жыл бұрын
💩
@NukaRage
Жыл бұрын
They will be long dead before they can be addicted most likely
@tealx8462
Жыл бұрын
No help coming!
@victoriacherevko7665
10 ай бұрын
AMEN!
All part of the grand design. Soft purge and raking in massive profits at the same time.
i feel like i took fen and my breathing is slower just by watching this 💀
Rip lil peep and mac miller
@Senorsmokey
3 жыл бұрын
Rip juice
I was on fentanyl for yrs in a pain pump and didnt have all these side effects like its said to have
Why does fentanyl makes people get that body positions? What neurological path atacks? Or what would be the explanation
RIP Brian. I love you. Feb 25 2022.
A+ TERRIFIC 💯👍 A CLEAR, A TO THE POINT EXPLANATION, A SHORT & PRECISE VIDEO. 😳
So is it fast? My uncle died from getting weed that was laced with fent & I'm just trying to find any info that will tell me if he at least went quickly. He was 50. SIP SNH.
@a.g.8357
2 жыл бұрын
They say they go fast
@asxpjoseph
2 жыл бұрын
so sorry for your loss🙏🏼 tbh he probably felt like he was in heaven before he left the earth. he went easily.
@Jazz...813
2 жыл бұрын
@@asxpjoseph Thanks. 🙂
How do I make it
Thank you for the video. I would love to share this on my instagram page with your approval
Can micro dosing be used for chronic pain? it sounds perfect if not abused.
All opiates work this way. Not just fentanyl
I wonder if CBD oil could curtail the pain in those using opioids🤔 or if it helps, on it's own or in combination with something else. I hear it helps ppl with MS too
Sounds exactly like I can't breathe
RIP PEEP
@sansicek
4 ай бұрын
#fentfriday
My husband had knee surgery and for pain management the doctors prescribed Fentanyl! I fought with them for alternate medication that are not opioids!
@luizmac1484
Жыл бұрын
Just when taken too much dosage hence the bad effects
@JG-lv1wq
11 ай бұрын
@@luizmac1484 but when there are alternatives medications which are not opioids why do doctors prescribe them in the first place? Even if it’s okay to take within prescribed limits there are withdrawal symptoms! My husband could manage his pain very well with the alternate medicines and nerve stimulation through electro therapy
does it hurt
If governments hadn't had the hubris to feel they had the authority to tell citizens in a free society that recreational drugs were forbidden, there could be a whole range of safe recreational drugs available. But, no, governments have felt they do have such authority and, as a result, dangerous recreational drugs become available on the black market.
@msdaisy6949
5 жыл бұрын
You are an imbecile.
@deckard_2049
2 жыл бұрын
@@msdaisy6949 and you're just ignorant
@kp3509
8 ай бұрын
Try living off all forms of drugs. Even alcohol is a drug. Weed is the only safe bet. However being high in life without drugs is the best.
Bravo grt explanation
So it metaphorically fries your brain
TURN THE MUSIC DOWN! I couldn't make out what the person was saying.
RIP Mac Miller and my other two friends who died of this…
ধন্যবাদ... thanks
Thanks
You could have told us what the anti-dote to a fentanyl overdose is. How to reset the breathing again.
@CryptoIgnition
11 ай бұрын
Naloxone can reverse the harmful effects of Fentanyl addiction
@CryptoIgnition
11 ай бұрын
I really hope that the government could give everyone some Naloxone, or make it a standard in First aid kit just in case if people try to poison other with Fentanyl by putting it into their food
Rip my Dad
Lost my son to fentanyl poisoning June 28th
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
I recommend you hit up this legit plug they're very reliable ship to any location they got Fentanyl ketamine dmt,lsd,spores,microdose and other psychedelic stuffs
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
trippy_psyche1
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
They're on Instagram .....
@LookUpAndSpit
Жыл бұрын
Damn these replies are just horrible. sorry for your loss
I'm from Germany, i heard alot about this drug and of course i dont drugs nor even smoke, can someone explain what's it's high exactly?
I’m addicted to junk food and soda lol
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
I recommend you hit up this legit plug they're very reliable ship to any location they got Fentanyl ketamine dmt,lsd,spores,microdose and other psychedelic stuffs
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
trippy_psyche1
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
They're on Instagram .....
@isabellatysmfor2ksubs
Жыл бұрын
same
Rip peep
Lost a close friend recently.
All the background noise is way too distracting!
@cry6ix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to the name above ⬆️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ I got mine from them they are legit
So...does it feel good?
How can you get everybody hooked to opiates then ban it
Now there's Tranq out there too.
@nicholaseachus5937
7 ай бұрын
Also I read there's a newer drug out that's stronger than fentanyl. Very fuct.
1:32 so basically, the egg in the burning in the frying pan is a analog
Woke up and the paramedics were outside my car doing Cpr on my dad, went on for an hour before they pronounced him dead.
I wish John Roselius, a.k.a the "This is your brain on drugs" guy was here to talk about this crisis
Turn down the music! Can barely hear anyone talking.
The problems is, many people take it accidentally
Dang... poor George.
So those cops did nothing wrong, release them
This is your brain on Season 5
Does weed do the same thing to the brain stem slowing down breathing ??
@slimeyguy2232
2 жыл бұрын
If it's laced
@asxpjoseph
2 жыл бұрын
no
@441rider
11 ай бұрын
Weed expands bronchial passageways why atheletes use it.
How many experiments they doing you know how
I’m here after watching the lil peep documentary on Netflix. 03/5/2020
My medicare copany eas droped from medivsde ive been using agin dtaryed eith h went to fetty a few days ago rigjt mow im afraid to fall adleep
And does it work?
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
I recommend you hit up this legit plug they're very reliable ship to any location they got Fentanyl ketamine dmt,lsd,spores,microdose and other psychedelic stuffs
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
trippy_psyche1
@alexmaxwell2177
Жыл бұрын
They're on Instagram .....
@cry6ix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to the name above ⬆️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ I got mine from them they are legit
Who didn't know that tho?
So that "little bit" they show is carfentenal not fentenal. The carfentenal is 10,000 times more powerful than morphine or heroine. One or the other.
Cap . I be chillin high af
My mini addiction is Corona Extra. 3 with my dinner at night.
Is a fentanyl overdose painless?
@porridgeenjoyer
4 жыл бұрын
Same here I wanna know
@viviansmith5060
3 жыл бұрын
I need to know this answer.
@scooby3715
3 жыл бұрын
From what i hear it is
@robynfox703
3 жыл бұрын
@@scooby3715 I lost a sibling , I sure hope youre right , I hate the thought that he suffered 🥺
@LookUpAndSpit
Жыл бұрын
No, it's scary believe me. I mixed fentanyl with weed and my heart almost stopped
😞
Ik ppl that smoke pills and they look the same and do got problems tho I think it just how you take it and control there addiction like frfr. But I’m trying to stop I had a homie overdose on me and it was very hard and sad and do to losing my family I been thru a lot and I just know I mess up by taking this pills it just sad but I just gotta stay strong ❤😇👼 LLD#
So I can take it just got to set a reminder on my phone to breath?
whats messed up is getting prescribed these drugs then cutting the prescription out of the patient’s meds. Wouldn’t be an issue if they didn’t prescribe it in the first place
On another note that’s a beautifully large fried egg 🍳🥚
@williampool812
Жыл бұрын
trippy_psyche1
@williampool812
Жыл бұрын
They're on Instagram .....
An important video but GEEZ GET RID OF THE LOUD and very annoying music
don't just steel Gramp's fentanyl; also grab his bottle of oxygen. Lets be safe out there.
@geooothoudt5665
6 жыл бұрын
dog bounty you have a delightfully sick sense of humor.
@edrooney9580
6 жыл бұрын
Waheeeey
@johna1777
5 жыл бұрын
Lmao
Don't know why people are not thrilled by normal life, how beautiful the mother nature, how beautiful the dawn and dusks are, nothing in this world can bring happiness if you are not able to thrill abt the fact that you are alive in a healthy body
It's making people into hastags
Andrew tate be like to fentanyl users: "just breathe air, stop laying on the floor and breathe"
Sounds like something I need