What Is Rainbow Fentanyl?
In a sinister stroke of innovation, illegal fentanyl manufacturers have started producing brightly colored fentanyl pills and powders that have earned the nickname “rainbow fentanyl.” Drug enforcement agencies believe that the goal is to mimic popular party drugs like ecstasy — which also come in colorful pressed-pill form — in a deliberate effort to drive addiction among young adults.
The emergence of rainbow fentanyl has sparked a renewed effort by the DEA to stop trafficking this form of deadly synthetic opioid.
What to Know About Rainbow Fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to treat severe pain and chronic pain disorders that is 50-100 times more potent than heroin and morphine. Drug cartels and other illegal drug distributors have begun making their own fentanyl and lacing it with other addictive substances to cut costs and increase the addictive quality of their products. Fentanyl is incredibly dangerous when not carefully regulated by medical professionals and is responsible for the exponential increase in overdose and overdose deaths over the past few years.
Rainbow Fentanyl has not been manufactured to be “safer” than other forms of fentanyl. The risk of overdose from taking these colorful pills is just as high as encountering it in fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills or other illicit drugs. However, the DEA wants parents to know that rainbow fentanyl is adding to an already existing youth fentanyl overdose crisis, not creating it.
Adolescents aged 15-19 have already been impacted by fentanyl-laced cocaine and counterfeit pills like Percocet before rainbow fentanyl gained traction. The party-drug culture has created a sense of false security among teens and young adults who assume that because they are not attempting to use heroin or other “harder” illicit drugs, they are safe from fentanyl-laced products. This is not the case. Law enforcement has seized and found fentanyl in every form of illegal drug available on the market today.
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Fentanyl Addiction Treatment Los Angeles – Muse Treatment Center
Muse Treatment is California’s premier Los Angeles recovery network. Through a conglomerate of sober living homes, intensive outpatient services, medical detox centers, and residential treatment facilities, we specialize in treatment for substance use disorder and mental health disorders by following the dual diagnosis practice of treating more than just the physical aspects of substance abuse.
If you are seeking treatment for an addiction to fentanyl, we can help. We aim to ease clients safely and gently into the treatment process with stable, guided care. The first phase of your treatment starts with an individualized treatment plan that considers your unique mental health and substance abuse history. Treatment plans can include medical detox, inpatient programs, outpatient care, and medication-assisted treatment. We work with you and consult with you for each step of this process, so you can be confident in the success of your care plan.
Once you complete treatment, you are automatically enrolled in our aftercare program where you will be able to access support as you transition back into mainstream society with the new tools and skills you learned in treatment. At no point are you “pushed out of the nest” and left on your own. Patients with Muse form an Alumni community of those in recovery, so you can always have someone to turn to who will help you remain focused on your goal of a life free from addiction.
Our history of success is a testament to the success of our program paradigm. As a result of our integrated approach with many different modalities, you will easily find a component that resonates and has a lasting, life-changing impact on your journey of recovery. We are here for you if you need a structured, intensive program or a safe and supportive community to come home to after work. Contact Muse Treatment at (800) 426-1818 today.
