The New York administration announced this Thursday that a “summit” will be held next week to seek solutions to the fentanyl crisis in the United States, where this powerful opioid has caused a significant increase in overdose deaths in recent years. years.
According to a statement, the forum will last two days – the date is not specified – and will include “elected officials, public health officials and law enforcement professionals from across the country” to discuss strategies with the “goal of developing a national strategy to combat the scourge of fentanyl.”
New York authorities reported this week that more than 3,000 people will die from overdoses in the city in 2022, a record since data was collected and an increase of 12% compared to the previous year. Fentanyl was present in 81% of these deaths.
There was recently commotion in the Big Apple due to the death of a child and the intoxication of three others due to exposure to fentanyl at a daycare center in the Bronx, where the Police found a warehouse with drugs and paraphernalia under the play area in an apparent operation of covert drug trafficking.
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This drug, which can be up to 100 times more powerful than morphine, is commonly used in acute pain medicine, but criminal organizations are also manufacturing and distributing it illegally, mixed with other substances or falsely represented as heroin, cocaine or pharmaceuticals. soothing.
According to the latest data, almost 110,000 overdose deaths were recorded across the United States in 2022, 0.5% more than in 2021 – which represents a stabilization after increases of 17% and 30% in previous years – and in 75,000 of In those cases, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl were detected.
New York Mayor Eric Adams noted in the statement the need to “develop a national framework to prevent fatal overdoses” and indicated that those convened will focus on “education, law enforcement, awareness, prevention and treatment” strategies. ”.
The note includes the support of the administrations of New Orleans (Louisiana), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Laredo (Texas) and Los Angeles (California) for the forum, as well as health and safety officials in New York.
With information from EFE
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2023-09-28 23:23:00
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