FENTANYL KILLS: First Responder Perspectives
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2024
- A first responder, Josh Magaha of the Kansas City, KS Fire Department shares some of his experiences related to illicit fentanyl and talks of his efforts to raise awareness in area schools. Illicit fentanyl is a dangerous, life-threatening drug frequently found in other illicit drugs and results in the death of 200 people per day in the US. This is just one of those stories and delivers an urgent warning to avoid all illicit drugs.
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He said, "one of the hardest things to do is get into the schools". I am truly baffled by that. Why wouldn't every school in America not actively welcome this education into their schools? Why wouldn't the U.S. Dept of Education mandate and sponsor this everywhere?
It 's a state issue. You don't have to look any further than what's going on with the education system in Florida to know that.
Thank you for the non sequiter response.
Oh please.@@ilovegoodsax
Thank You for your service,and all you do to help people.
They are too busy spreading that LGBTQRSTUV bullshit that's why
I think every school should do these presentations on fentanyl and other drugs. This is indeed an epidemic and it’s killing so many of our kids. I lost my oldest son to fentanyl, I would love to learn how to bring awareness to our kids in the schools.
Thank you for being willing to give the presentations to youth and adults. I suspect you have saved countless lives. You and this channel are making a difference.
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God bless this man. He does need help cause you can tel he’s tired. And soooo knowledgeable. I pray the Lord gives him a team of inspiration to help him
amen
This man is a hero!
Texas Pictures, I hope you'll pass along our thanks and endless gratitude for this guy and what he does each and every day. If he is ever in need, just say the word, and I will do everything and anything I can to return the favor for him. The debt we owe him, and all our first responders and educators, is so huge we can never repay it, but I sure will try.
I had a discussion with a 15 yr old girl the other day, a friends daughter. She is home schooled and we all live in Tasmania Australia, which doesn’t have the fentanyl problem you guys have (yet).
I told her about fentanyl and 1 pill can kill etc. because even though she lives a safe sheltered life now one never knows about down the track. Her parents thanked me, oh yer I educated them as well 😊
Tasmania grows a lot of opium poppies legally for the pharmaceutical industry. Not as much as they used to however.
Yup I've told my now adult daughters not even an aspirin !! Kids don't understand where pills come from. They order off their apps .. parents have no idea ...
I do as well. I don’t care if the pill is coming out of a prescription bottle or an over the counter bottle. Never ever ask for a pill of any sort from anyone!
A lot of states offer free fentanyl test strips as part of harm reduction. Great video. Thank you
Sadly, the test strips don’t work due to the chocolate chip effect( pretty much meaning that because it’s manufactured illegally that one portion of the pill could contain majority of the fentanyl, just like when you bake chocolate chip cookies. The chocolate chips aren’t spread evenly. So depending on what part you’re testing, it could not be accurate.)
When pills are created in a pharmaceutical laboratory, they have centrifuge machinery that evenly distributes the narcotic throughout the pill. These thugs manufacturing fake pills are literally stirring fentanyl in a giant trashcan with a stick typically.
The only true way to test a drug for fentanyl via strips is to ruin the drug in the process by crushing it and dissolving it in water. Most addicts and even people won’t do that. I always tell my son that splitting a pill in half or taking a little chunk does not protect you. You could be getting 90% of the illicit substance in that tiny chunk.
This man is an inspiration ❤
I tell my older kids all the time about this 😔
My heart goes out to All 1 st responders , including family and friends. Not nothing u ever wanna see! Thanks for yr work.
This is one of my favorite videos. I appreciate this man so much. Educating and reaching out is so dang important. Thank you, sir. It matters.
Thank you for doing these presentations. It's so important for the kids AND parents to know about this. Fentanyl is poison and it is deadly!
Thank you for all your efforts to educate so many!!
Educate! Great video! It's everywhere!
Thank you for all you do
Thank you for what you do. 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
My son's doctor gave him fentanyl patches! He's dead now! He's killing people and still has a license!
Wtf!
God bless this guy and his efforts... may other first responders pick up this torch too. Speaking of the parents: I firmly believe that because so many of us that partied in the 80s and 90s before Fentanyl was "a thing" just don't realize it is in EVERYTHING including weed. They remember when they were young and experimented with drugs but you just CAN NOT do that now but they can't wrap their head around it. And we all know that kids think they are invincible and bullet proof until they are mid to late 20s or older. Why is this not all over the media and a part of our government required education??? We can do better. Thank you TX Pictures for what you do.
Officer Josh! Thank you and all your fellow officers for your Service and Duty! God’s Blessings on you all and those you love!🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Sir and the Kansas City first responders. You see and help people in the the most dire horrible situations. Sir you did everything you could with the two sisters. God bless you and your wife. I feel empathy for you as a first responder you are going to see more people overdose. I am praying for you and your family. 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸
I am a Nursing student and a girl did a speech on Narc cans. I had to idea about them. It saved her life.
Texas Pictures your work is very much appreciated, I commend you
Thank you
Thank you!❤
This are so well done. I live in KC, MO. Wow.
Thanks again @Texas Pictures Documentaries for sharing.
God bless you.
Thank You , Josh. A quote from "To Kill A Mockingbird ".. ( neighbor lady speaking to Jem , Atticus son ).."There are men , that are born to do our unpleasant jobs.. your father is one of those men ". You , Josh are one also. Your unselfish dedication to help people is so good & decent. God Bless you & your family & the wonderful people in your communities. Prayers Forever. ❤😢
Bless you Mr. Magaha & your family & everyone who works on these Texas Pictures Documentaries! These are some of the most important videos ever made! Lives have been saved! --- Blessings to the broken-hearted hundreds if not thousands who have been affected by the fentanyl poisoning epidemic.
Thank you for your comments.
Thank you, great video and such important work!!
THANK YOU for all that you do!!
Thank you Sir for your dedication & service
Thank you for the important work you do
Thank u for what u do. ❤
You are amazing! Thank you!!
I have the utmost respect for those EMS people! What they see and especially what they HAVE TO SEE is beyond my imagination.
Therefore I‘m really thankful that there are people out there doing presentations and trying to raise awareness of that evil drug.
What he said about „Don’t take pills from anyone“ is true, sadly. Don’t take a pill from anyone, even if it‘s a friend or family member.
Again, and I‘m probably sounding like a broken record but: Thanks to Glen and Texas Pictures Documentaries for making those videos! 🙏
Best wishes from Germany 🇩🇪, Philipp
Thankyou for the work you do sir to help save the children
Thank you for stepping up & being a strong leader in educating the masses.
Youre well spoken & very easy to listen to
Please follow through with training new leaders, to take the weight off your shoulders.
Thank you today and eternally ..May God bless you with all the strength you and your partners.
Thank you for what you do. 🙂
OMG THIS HAS TOO STOP
God bless you and all the first responders out there. You are heroes❤❤❤
Josh - God bless you for the work you’re doing to reach those who think it can’t happen to someone they know 🙏🙏
Your doing a great job thank you love from Scotland 🏴
Knowledge & Education is so powerful 💪🏻
Oh this is so painful to hear
Thanks for this story. Your knowledge is great and sharing it is so important. In the last five years I’ve lost 5 friends to fentanyl overdose. All different isssues. Some were addicts but one smoked a laced joint and one took an adderal from a friend that was laced. I’m in my forties and can’t stand what this drug is doing to our people. It’s everywhere and if people don’t think it’s affected them they just aren’t aware of the truth. I am only
Aware of these friends cause bc I was close to the families. Most people believe they died from heart attacks. I think we all know more than one person who has it will overdose on this drug. It’s so scary
Its great that you start educating in middle school. I remember my middle school classmates gassing me up because I was getting surgery and they was like, "Oh shoot you bout to be doped up!" I luckily had no idea what they was talking about. When my doctor prescribed me all the oxy's they just stayed in the kitchen until they expired. But these middle schoolers know a little bit of something.😢
Superb video. The Christmas morning victims must have been harrowing to deal with on such a special day.
It must become mandatory that schools hold presentations.
Do the students take information booklets home in case the parents are unable to attend?
Superb work by everyone involved. 🎉
I’m so,so sorry😰
Educating our communities is the only way we’re going to save our kids.
We need a guy like him in every school that presents every year or more. We also need health classes to spend at least a week talking about where fentanyl comes from, how and why you get addicted, what happens to your “free will” after it gets a hold. They need to be shown that it is not a choice after you try it and it takes hold. Lost my son in 2018 from fentanyl. He was an engineering student and an Eagle Scout. He had many friends but wrong choices led him down a dark path. You don’t know what your kids are doing once they are not in your sight. He was right
What’s so sad is a lot of these kids and adults know they are taking a chance, but the addiction is so strong, you’d do anything not to get sick, even risk your life.😢
This job has got to be one of the hardest jobs. The things they see. My heart goes out to you all 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I love this video. It is so important to get this message out. This guy is doing a great job and I like what he said, the simple message about pills. Just don't take one from anyone; only what your doctor prescribes you.
It breaks my heart that this drug has&is destroying so many lives...not just those who take it but thier families loved ones etc
But I've read so many cruel remarks judging people who's lives are consumed by addiction.
Just remember NO ONE wants to be this way. I certainly wouldn't wish this on a person
I just hope those trying to get clean can get enough support to help them on that long journey ahead🙏🏻✌🏻❤
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I really enjoyed hearing the first responders perspectives! Vapes are hugely popular among us, I believe more than pills right now. Lacing vapes with fentanyl is so evil and clearly targeted, more awareness should be on that!
Thank you for Sharing your Thoughts About This Issue and Please Continue Sharing It Will Save More Lives Every Day ❤❤❤
Both my little brother and son were wonderful kind people who both lost their life to this evil drug
Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence helps in schools too
It is great to see communities giving presentations to educate people on drugs. I agree with laying in a bathtub in fentanyl, the effects of the drug will take s little time. However, you have to put young children to babies in the scenario due to the fact of kids being curious and or adults being reckless with their pills and or drugs. Thank you and God Bless!
I very often think of first responders and officers 😢
I'm very confused why drug dealers are killing their clients. Does anyone have any insight? Are we sure where this fentanyl is coming from?
One reason is they add the Fentynal to other drugs to increase the high in the hope that will keep the consumer coming back.
Thank you Lord for the strong EMS ppl.
I don't know what type of kid can learn from a drug program. Some just aren't going to get it. great video
I did
I didn't at 15 but I did at 21. I'm 36 now and have been clean for 15 years. Successes do happen. I see them all the time. There's hope.
Why are firemen doing the job of an Ambulance crew? That's like sending the Ambulance to a house fire.
Some fireman are also highly trained paramedics.
This is so scary. I dabbled and experimented recreationally in my past. And I’ve taken pills from others here and there. A muscle relaxer. A xan for anxiety if mine ran out. My mental health is managed now in other ways. I’m so glad those days are behind me. This fentanyl epidemic seems to have happened and erupted so fast. This wasn’t a thing 7, 10 years ago. Seriously tell everyone DONT TAKE A SINGLE PILL from anyone.
The fireman that showed up at our daughters boyfriends accidental overdose ran out of narcan for the day after 7 previous calls that day alone. They said they kno when there’s good dope on the streets bcuz they get an influx of OD’s. I cannot fathom the pressure for these first responders & how it must affect them. God bless them & the heavy load they carry! Without them some of these folks wouldn’t get a second chance at life.🙏
Did you know you can get it for free, ask your pharmacist for free norcam
Did your daughter's boyfriend make it? 🙏🏻
What precautions that airlines take?
Angels still walk the earth. Thank you Angels. And thank you God for sending them to us. AMEN.❤
Angels are not humans and have never been but God does work through people to save others.
God bless 🙏🏽
@@Jesusisking2 ok....it was meant as a term of endearment. But u take it however u want
Of my god, vapes?! See you learn something new every day. And I thought I was pretty well educated and informed on drugs.
Thank you. It is important that we have narcan readily available in every school in this country. It has gotten to the point that every citizen needs to carry and know how to administer life saving noloxone. This poison took the life of my only child. Don't ever think, not my child.
This cant be this widespread and so deadly without someone allowing it and pushing it, this is deadlier than heroin or crack epidemid and not much is done. I hope you deal with this effectively, greetings from Croatia.
I am from Kansas City
How I learned about drugs from school when they brought all these drugs in cases and explained what each one does. I went home and looked thru the medicine cabinet. My mom gave me my first opioid and alcohol. I got a good education on drugs.
😮😢 That awful!!
That's bafflin that dare or school would do that you're not the first one who I've heard that from. Back in the early 2000s in Kansas city Kansas I heard they did the same thing with the cases. It makes no sense, I get we need to educate i am from a different area close to kck an they never brought in the actual drugs
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I don’t touch anything unless I bought it (Tylenol, etc) and opened it. You never know nowadays what is in anything. It’s quite frightening, to be honest.
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If Joaquin Phoenix and Kurt Russell had a kid it would be this guy ❤😂
RIP Dr Piafume aka Roger J. Dart
One day a child took a bag of gummies to elementary school thinking they were gummy bears candy. 3 elementary students died because the gummies were laced with fentanyl. God Bless
Hang on a second! At 9:38 im confused with his choice of words? He literally says that vapes are something that WE can lace with fentanyl?? I watch all your videos and am in recovery myself and have lost countless friends and acquaintances over the years. Especially aftwr fentanyl hit the streets. 😢
Perhaps there was a better way to say it but we felt like his meaning was still pretty clear, saying that lacing vapes is possible.
Thanks for watching. Seen our series of recovery videos too?
I have watched quite a few of them. Thank you for all you do! Anything to spread awareness.
I haven't heard any stories about a vape pen or just marijuana being laced with fentanyl yet...
There's this story: czcams.com/video/ehvIkZCZmzA/video.html We're developing several other stories that will explore the topic of fentanyl and weed.
CZcams has to make exceptions to words that can be used for educational/public service videos like this. Stop with euphemisms like “passed.” Not the fault of the filmmakers, it’s CZcams that can push violent or evil content at times but censors words of truth.
That officer needs a haircut!
Not fre🙂!
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Let them go
Pass a border bill ❤
AWFUL!!!!!!