TY - BOOK ED - United States. TI - Fentanyl: a briefing guide for first responders PY - 2017///] CY - Washington, D.C. PB - U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration KW - First responders KW - United States KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Fentanyl KW - Opioids KW - Drug abuse N1 - CRDP Program record N2 - "In the last several years, U.S. Law Enforcement has seen a dramatic increase in the availability of dangerous synthetic opioids. A large majority of these synthetic opioids are structural derivatives of the synthetic drug "fentanyl." Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid currently listed as a Schedule II prescription drug that mimics the effects of morphine in the human body, but has potency 50-100 times that of morphine"--Page 2; "There is a significant threat to law enforcement personnel, and other first responders, who may come in contact with fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances through routine law enforcement, emergency or life-saving activities"--Page 2 UR - http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo82222 ER -