Identifying a drug overdose.

Fentanyl use has grown at an alarming rate in the United States and the Latino and immigrant communities have also been impacted by the opioid crisis.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, 107,500 people died from overdoses last year.

In addition, fentanyl is implicated in overdose deaths and synthetic opioids in nearly 70% of deaths.

Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, founding director of the Center for the Reduction of Health Disparities at the University of California at Davis, CA, recalls that for years he has been working to detoxify people with addiction problems.

But he clarified that many of these addiction problems are related to the use of pain medication.

Explaining how dangerous fentanyl is, let’s listen to Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, founding director of the Center for the Reduction of Health Disparities at the University of California, Davis, CA.

Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, founding director of the Center for the Reduction of Health Disparities at the University of California, Davis, CA, explains the signs to detect if someone close to you is overdosing.

He commented that it has happened to teachers that young people have overdosed without realizing it, or parents themselves who lose their teenagers.

Finally, he reminded that there are drugs like naloxone that can prevent death from overdose, let’s hear from Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, founding director of the Center for the Reduction of Health Disparities at the University of California, Davis, CA.

This program is thanks in part to The California Endowment.