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PREVENTING
who are in long-term recovery
themselves can offer support
FENTANYL
First Call KC Crisis Call Line
(Greater KC area): 816-361-5900
OVERDOSES
1-800-484-3731, 24/7 access
to non-judgmental support
or use findtreatment.gov
Compiled and verified by journalists at The Kansas City Star, including insight from
experts at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, DCCCA, First Call KC, Johnson
County Mental Health Center, North Kansas City Hospital, University Health,
public health officials in Independence and Jackson, Cass and Clay counties.
FAST FACTS HOW TO GET FREE NALOXONE
ABOUT FENTANYL & TEST STRIPS AROUND KC
Scan these QR codes to request Or visit one of these local
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is
free naloxone & fentanyl test strips spots during open hours:
50 times stronger than heroin. It is
highly addictive and a leading driver of
Self-service boxes:
overdoses in the U.S., according to the
Centers for Disease Control and *Cass County Health Department:
Prevention (CDC). 1411 S. Commercial St., Harrisonville
Fentanyl sold on the street and on social media is not the same Clay County Health Department:
as fentanyl prescribed in hospitals. It’s made illegally in labs and 800 Haines Drive, Liberty
is not regulated, so the potency and amount of fentanyl varies Kansas City Health Department:
from batch to batch, and even pill to pill. 2400 Troost. Ave., Kansas City
MISSOURI
Some police agencies have said touching or breathing fentanyl Ask at front desk:
can cause an overdose. Toxicology researchers tested this claim
& found it’s nearly impossible. The risk of fentanyl exposure *First Call KC: 9091 State Line Road,
from skin contact or the air is “extremely low.” Kansas City. Can also deliver, call
or text 816-384-1729.
Fentanyl has been found Independence Health Department:
laced in a variety of substances 111 E. Maple Ave., Independence
around Kansas City.
KANSAS
*Jackson County Public Health:
Adderall 3651 N.E. Ralph Powell Road,
According to local doctors,
Cocaine Lee’s Summit
public health officials and law Heroin
enforcement, these are the MDMA (ecstasy or molly) Platte County Health Department:
most common substances (sold Meth * Also has free fentanyl test strips 7925 N.W. 110th St., Kansas City
without a prescription) that Xanax
could contain fentanyl around Percocet, Oxycodone, and *Wyandotte County Public Health
Kansas City: 619 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kansas
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WHAT ARE
FENTANYL
TEST STRIPS? HOW TO
Fentanyl test strips are tiny strips
of paper that can detect the SPOT SIGNS OF
presence of fentanyl in other
drugs. Both Kansas and Missouri
have recently legalized this tool.
AN OVERDOSE
According to the CDC, these are
How to use a test strip: the signs to look out for:
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Naloxone, often known by
WHAT TO its brand name, Narcan, is an
over-the-counter medicine that If you think someone is overdosing, the CDC recommends:
reverses opioid overdose. Local
KNOW ABOUT public health experts recommend
you keep it in your home as a first 1 Call 911 immediately. 4 Lay the person on their
aid precaution. 2 Administer naloxone, inserting side to prevent choking.
the nozzle into a nostril 5 Stay with the person until
It comes in both a nasal spray similarly to allergy spray. emergency assistance
and an injectable form. The nasal
3 Try to keep the person awake
spray works similarly to an allergy
nasal spray. and breathing.
NA Naloxone is safe, even for
children. And if someone doesn’t
have opioids in their system, they
LO won’t react to the medicine.
Research shows that access to
naloxone doesn’t increase risk of
overdose — like how access to a
fire extinguisher doesn’t increase
XO risk of a fire.
If you call 911 about an overdose,
could you or the person
experiencing an overdose be
arrested for possession?
Missouri has a “Good Samaritan”
NE law that prevents either
person from being arrested
for possession.
Kansas is one of a few states
that doesn’t have such a law.
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