The United States has been in the midst of an opioid crisis for over two decades with the pandemic only aggravating an already looming problem.
With words such as fentanyl, morphine, heroin, and opioids constantly being thrown around in the media, we can become fearful of these drugs that were once made and used to help us.
Fentanyl: A Controversial and Dangerous Opioid
Out of all the opioids available as a prescription, the most powerful, and controversial, drug is fentanyl.
Since the 1990s the United States has seen increasing waves of opioid abuse. The first wave hit in the ’90s, driven by prescription opioids, the second wave was driven by illicit heroin in 2010, and the third wave, starting from 2013, is from illicit synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and tramadol….