HOTLINES TO HAVE ON HAND

CommCARE EPICC (Missouri):

816-412-9417, recovery coaches YOUR GUIDE TO

PREVENTING
who are in long-term recovery
themselves can offer support

FENTANYL
First Call KC Crisis Call Line
(Greater KC area): 816-361-5900

Johnson County Mental Health

Center 24/7 crisis line: 913-268-0156

Never Use Alone Hotline:

OVERDOSES
1-800-484-3731, 24/7 access
to non-judgmental support

National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988

Find local mental health & treatment centers:

AND POISONINGS
MISSOURI

AROUND KANSAS CITY

KANSAS

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
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is Scan these QR codes to request Or visit one of these local
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:

MISSOURI
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

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

Fentanyl has been found
laced in a variety of substances
around Kansas City.
According to local doctors,
public health officials and law
enforcement, these are the
most common substances (sold
without a prescription) that
could contain fentanyl around
Kansas City:
KANSAS
or text 816-384-1729.
Independence Health Department:
111 E. Maple Ave., Independence
*Jackson County Public Health:
Adderall 3651 N.E. Ralph Powell Road,
Cocaine Lee’s Summit
Heroin
MDMA (ecstasy or molly) Platte County Health Department:
Meth * Also has free fentanyl test strips 7925 N.W. 110th St., Kansas City
Xanax
Percocet, Oxycodone, and *Wyandotte County Public Health
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:

1 Prepare your drugs. This Small, constricted “pinpoint

can mean crushing a pill or pupils”
measuring out powder. Falling asleep or losing
consciousness
2 Dissolve 50 mg of the drug
Slow, weak or no breathing
in one teaspoon of water — Choking or gurgling sounds
about enough to fill a water Limp body
bottle cap. Cold and/or clammy skin
3 Dip the test strip into the Discolored skin (especially
in lips and nails)
solution for about 15 seconds,
then set it aside for three
minutes before checking.

Two red lines on the strip is a negative result, meaning no

fentanyl is present. Only one red line is a positive result, meaning
the solution contains fentanyl.

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 WHAT TO Naloxone, often known by
its brand name, Narcan, is an
over-the-counter medicine that
KNOW ABOUT
If you think someone is overdosing, the CDC recommends:
reverses opioid overdose. Local

NA
public health experts recommend
you keep it in your home as a first
aid precaution.
It comes in both a nasal spray
and an injectable form. The nasal
1 Call 911 immediately.
2 Administer naloxone, inserting
the nozzle into a nostril
similarly to allergy spray.
3 Try to keep the person awake
4 Lay the person on their
side to prevent choking.
5 Stay with the person until
emergency assistance

LO
spray works similarly to an allergy
nasal spray. and breathing.

Naloxone is safe, even for

children. And if someone doesn’t
have opioids in their system, they

XO
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

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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”

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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