. DrMarcSiegel: Why I fear as a doctor that spring break 2023 will be the most dangerous ever
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise, over 100,000 per year, with the vast majority from fentanyl. Narcan is available in many places including pharmacy chains over the counter, but we need increased awareness and distribution.What is going wrong? Why is this year different? Why am I worried? For one thing, our precious teens are sadder.
The problem is the risks, especially with the drug cartels flooding our country with synthetic opioids, advertising on social media, paying people to bring their"product" across the border, and advertising at high schools and colleges to lure students to come down to the border for a small fee to pick the drugs up and distribute them.The numbers are staggering. The DEA confiscated close to 400 million potentially lethal fentanyl pills , last year alone.
Most of all, we need to talk to our teens, we need to do our best to connect in a meaningful way prior to departure. Our teens are going to travel to spring break, but we still have a role to play to warn and to guide them.Marc Siegel, M.D. is a professor of medicine and medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Medical Center. He is a Fox News medical analyst and author of"COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science." Follow him on Twitter @drmarcsiegel.
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