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50% of illicit pills in this area contain fentanyl.
1. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. (n.d.). One pill can kill. 2. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. (2024, December 16). Overdose deaths decline, fentanyl threat looms.
A fentanyl overdose can be caused by a single pill.
3. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. (n.d.). Facts about fentanyl.
A fentanyl overdose only takes 3 minutes to become fatal.
4. Vahedi, H. S. M., Hajebi, H., Vahidi, E., Nejati, A., & Saeedi, M. (2019). Comparison between intravenous morphine versus fentanyl in acute pain relief in drug abusers with acute limb traumatic injury. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 10(1), 27–32. 5. California Statewide Overdose Safety Workgroup. (2022, January). Responding to a fentanyl overdose: What California first responders need to know. California Department of Public Health. 6. Nevada County Health & Human Services Agency. (n.d.). Fentanyl and opioid overdose prevention. 7. Emery, E. (2023, January 10). Fentanyl overdose: What to do when someone overdoses and stops breathing. UCHealth Today.
There is some evidence suggesting an association between early adolescent cannabis use and long-term memory problems.
Willford JA, Goldschmidt L, De Genna NM, Day NL, Richardson GA. A longitudinal study of the impact of marijuana on adult memory function: Prenatal, adolescent, and young adult exposures. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2021 Mar-Apr;84:106958. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2021.106958. Epub 2021 Jan 30. PMID: 33524507; PMCID: PMC7965351.
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