One battlefront in the state’s response is to educate the public on the dangers of opioid abuse.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - With opioid abuse seeing an increase since 2015, the United States is in the third wave of the opioid crisis.
The second wave, driven by less expensive heroin, came to prominence around 2011. “The third wave has really been driven by synthetic Fentanyl and derivatives,” Cutchins explained. The rise of Fentanyl in the United States has left authorities struggling to keep up. “A lot of the efforts are how do we stop people from overdosing now, and then we’re working more to figure out more primary and secondary prevention.”
Naloxone is often used to reverse an overdose situation. It can be administered as a nasal spray, intravenously, into the muscle, or under the skin.
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