The new findings likely reflect intentional co-use such as combining fentanyl and methamphetamine for a "goofball“ or unintentionally using fentanyl and stimulants, Shover said. Fentanyl/stimulant overdose deaths disproportionately affect Black and Native American people. The prevalence of stimulant involvement in fentanyl overdose deaths was 73% among Black women aged 65 to 74, and 69% among Black men aged 55 to 65 in the western United States in 2021. Naloxone rapidly reverses the effects of opioid overdose and is the standard treatment for opioid overdose. Not all drugs being mixed with fentanyl respond to naloxone, but greater access will prevent some overdose deaths.

Source: Daily Nation September 14, 2023 11:27 UTC