>> 6.41 this week we are
discussing the dangers of
fentanyl. The drug is sneaking
into teen’s hands and in some
cases that curiosity is ending in death.
in death.
>> It can also get you hooked
with just one try. But it’s not
like kids are seeking fat on
purpose. Health reporter Haley
Hernandez is here to explain
how they are getting it and how
to warn your teen. Yeah, really
scary, right? So I went to the
effects of fentanyl.
>> What’s been your observation
with fentanyl? We see a lot
of accidental overdoses.
up 6 fentanyl, what base
seekers an opioid like rarely
is someone going out and
getting of sentinel help more
often than not. You’re getting
inside jurors annex poll.
You’re getting it inside your
ADHD medication. You’re getting
it inside. So when you’re
illegally buying those drive,
right, when you’re ill it
legally buying those drugs.
So what makes it so addictive?
So when it enters your system,
it creates a euphoric effect in
the way it operates in your
brain to create new pathways
for dopamine to be released and
to be stored. And so you never
quite reached the same state
of euphoria. You have the first
time, but you’re constantly
chasing it.
>> How as parents are we
supposed to address a topic
without giving permission for
someone to explore? You know,
we do want to say, like I know
you’re going to do this because
we don’t want them to do
anything. But in the re reality
that they come into contact
with that temptation. How do
we address this before it
becomes something really scary.
Like Sentinel they’re gonna be
faced with a choice and you
have to be prepared to make
that choice.
>> It’s often respond to the
science behind use versus the
it’s just not good for being so
course parent telling your
kids, don’t eat that. Don’t
do that.
This not the most effective
prevention strategy but working
with them to gain knowledge
together and understand so they
can make that choice also them
being aware of when and how
that can happen and being given
Todd decision-making skills,
we’re making good decisions as
part of your frontal lobe being
able to perceive things and
think about things like that.
Doesn’t happen until you’re in
your early to mid 20’s. So our
job as parents is to help them
like be that part of their
brain for that.
>> So what that means is
explaining those physical
effects. What’s happening in
the world right now being
brutally honest, that teenagers
in our area have thought they
were taking one kind of bill,
but sometimes it’s laced with
fentanyl. And that can either
slow your breathing to the
point that you die or it can
get you hooked or you’re always
craving that first euphoric
feeling like Mary Beck said
you’re never going to achieve
it like the first time. So it’s
really a pointless chase.
And guys, I mean, I I think I
can safely say it’s never
really ended well for anybody.
>> No, and I think also we
talked to Ronnie, I’m a curious
from Crime Stoppers. We’re
talking about kids learning
about Internet safety and it
just kind of goes along with
you think your kid might not be
ready to hear this stuff
information, but they got to
hear it. Yeah, Mary Beck says
middle school is when we really
need to be having these
conversations. Middle school is
when a lot of kids start to
experiment for the first time,
I wasn’t always the case when
food gets earlier and earlier,
I feel like every young it.
Yeah.
>> Tell you what else you got
coming up later today, although
some more on plus. Yeah, I’m
going to join you on plus and
we’re going to talk. I also
talked with Mary back about the
ethics of searching your
child’s bedroom and some
controversial testing sites
where they can tester drugs
from fentanyl. Her expert
advice in the 07:00AM hour.
>> Yeah, we had a spending Bill
Spencer in yesterday with some
of the ways children hide
drugs. So it kind of goes along
with your point about the
ethics of yeah.
>> Which going there? Yeah,
right. I know absolutely I can
go and they or every