California fights Fentanyl use

Extra edition: Fentanyl Awareness Day.

The fentanyl crisis is increasingly hitting California’s Latino community; in 2023 alone, some 2,500 Latinos died from fentanyl overdoses. As part of the National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Dr. Lucia Abascal, Public Health Physician of the California Department of Public Health explains the current situation of fentanyl use.

She emphasizes that many times people do not know they are using it.

In addition, Dr. Lucia Abascal, Public Health Physician of the California Department of Public Health, warns that the Latino community is one of the most affected and the population group under 50 years of age is the one that consumes and dies the most.

She comments on the factors that make us more vulnerable to this drug, let’s listen to Dr. Lucia Abascal, Public Health Physician of the California Department of Public Health.

She recognizes that among Latino families the belief that “it won’t happen to us” is very strong.

Dr. Lucia Abascal, Public Health Physician, California Department of Public Health details how the strips that detect fentanyl work .

She talks about the antidote to prevent an overdose of this drug and subsequent death.

How affordable is Naloxone, a drug used to prevent overdose deaths, let’s hear from Dr. Lucia Abascal, Public Health Physician at the California Department of Public Health.

Finally, Dr. Lucia Abascal, points out that in the state of California this medication is more accessible, to reduce fentanyl deaths.