Flindt Anderson | The Fentanyl Crisis and Prevention, Manufactured Drugs & Trends with Kids Today.

<p>One of our more eye-opening conversations to date. Flindt Anderson the Founder & Director of P.A.I.N. (Parents and Addicts In Need) sheds light on the Fentanyl crisis.</p> <p>Why are these drugs tending right now and why are so many people dying? Fentanyl is 100 times stronger than morphine. Fentanyl is being abused at absurdly high levels. Why are dealers lacing cocaine with fentanyl? This disturbing new trend is killing people across the country.</p> <p>We talk about the Russian import of manufactured fentanyl, exploding on the East Coast 2 years ago. Now it’s made its way to the West Coast, and thus all across the country. It used to be that the dealers wanted their customers to return to them for consistent business, but now it seems that the dealers have no regard for returning customers because there are 10 more kids waiting in line to get their first dose. They have no regard for the outcomes of the drug, and most do not know what they are doing when they start mixing and dosing these types of drugs.</p> <p>Another thing we talk about is how accessible it is for this generation. The general public's fear of heroin and its stigmas has gone away, and music videos and celebrities glamorize the use of opiates, in all forms. Kids are buying it on Snapchat. It’s very easy for the youth of today to get it, and on top of that, it is also the deadliest drug on the streets today. Flindt points out that most kids and people do not know the actual meaning of Red Ribbon Week, and that they need to have more speakers and professional guests come in to speak to these kids in a more effective way. Even our hospitals aren’t prepared. Flindt tells a story of how a mother brought in her son who overdosed on fentanyl, and the hospital didn’t have Narcan to combat the overdose and save his life. There were a lot of years that Flindt was actually not in favor of Narcan being sold to the general public, or remain with EMTs. But now, he realizes it does save more lives. The problem though is that it jumpstarts the withdrawa