We might come across heroin if it’s mixed with speed in a goofball. Or we might come across it all by itself, depending on what we’re up to in terms of our drug use. Heroin is a very potent opiate analgesic. It can be snorted, smoked, injected or booty bumped.
Oxycontin might seem like a good idea if we’re feeling too high but it’s a touchy combination of effects. Opiates decrease respiration and can cause overdose. Other opiates, organic and synthetic, are also intense analgesics.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate that recently has been found in heroin and also other recreational drugs. Fentanyl is 30-50 times stronger than heroin, which greatly increases the chance of overdose. (.25 milligrams of Fentanyl can be fatal) There is a way to test to see if your drugs contain fentanyl. Fentanyl test strips allow you to use a very small amount of drugs to see if they contain this powerful opiate. ***Narcan is an opiate overdose reversal drug, and has saved numerous lives here in San Francisco, as well as around the world.
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Most Syringe Access Services (aka Needle Exchanges) can train and supply you with Narcan and Fentanyl test strips.
For San Francisco’s Syringe Access schedule click here:
SF Syringe Access Services Schedule
Online Fentanyl Test Strip and Narcan Resources:
Fentanyl Test Strips/Drug Testing kits: https://dancesafe.org/shop/
Narcan: https://www.naloxoneforall.org/
For more information on Heroin:
More info on Fentanyl:
https://www.erowid.org/pharms/fentanyl/fentanyl.shtml