Increases in fentanyl drug confiscations and fentanyl-related overdose fatalities

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; United States. Drug Enforcement Administration.
• Description:
  October 26, 2015, 0815 EDT (08:15 AM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00384
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are investigating recent increases in fentanyl-related unintentional overdose fatalities in multiple states across the U.S. The purpose of this HAN advisory is to: (1) alert public health departments, health care providers, first responders, and medical examiners and coroners to the possibility of additional increases in other jurisdictions, (2) provide recommendations for improving detection of fentanyl-related overdose outbreaks and (3) encourage states to expand access to naloxone and training for administering naloxone to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Drug Overdose Fentanyl
• Source:
  HAN ; 384
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 numbered pages
• Issue:
  384
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:decc9ed683fe90e519f0c75816aae2b49220529f46b2028bbf85f1f98a6ed99bfd3114c4770ce125f9a2cd89b8515a0d4491216517e62fe61413eeba2d4f3585
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35133/cdc_35133_DS1.pdf
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