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With fatal overdoses at a record high, Georgia moves to decriminalize fentanyl test strips
ATLANTA – Georgia is certainly one of greater than 20 US states which have moved to decriminalize controversial fentanyl take a look at strips.
As of July 1, 2022, the strips, which may detect a deadly artificial opioid you can’t style, or see, or scent, will likely be authorized in Georgia.
Dr. Mojgan Zare, chief government officer of the non-profit Atlanta Hurt Discount Coalition, says Georgia’s transfer to legalize these strips, as soon as thought of drug paraphernalia, comes as deadly overdoses tied to fentanyl-laced medicine are rising throughout the US.
“You have to do not forget that fentanyl is a really potent drug, it is about 100% stronger than one thing like morphine,” Dr. Zare says.
In 2021, the CDC stories over 107,000 Individuals died from a drug overdose, the very best variety of drug-related deaths on report for in a single yr.
Greater than half of the deadly overdoses concerned artificial opioids, primarily fentanyl.
The strips, Zare says, might save lives.
“They seem to be a machine you may insert right into a drug and, if there’s fentanyl within the drug, it would point out it,” she says. “So, if a person is about to make use of a drug that they don’t seem to be certain what’s in it, and that it might have fentanyl in there, they usually haven’t any data of it, it would allow them to know that it has fentanyl in there.”
As a result of fentanyl is affordable and highly effective, it’s being blended into avenue medicine like heroin, and, more and more, counterfeit prescription drugs, the place even the smallest hint might be lethal.
“The fact is, within the black market, you are unsure precisely what you are getting,” Dr. Zare says. “These could also be actually prescription drugs that will not have fentanyl in them, or these could also be drugs which were mimicked as prescription drugs however do have fentanyl in them.”
Utilizing the strips, which price lower than a greenback, is straightforward, Zare says.
You combine the drug with water to create an answer and dip the strip into it.
“If the pink line comes up, it is as simple as that,” she says. “It can point out that it has fentanyl in there.”
Tablets are more durable to check, however Dr. Zare says, they are often dissolved in water to create an answer.
She is hoping as soon as the exams are authorized, extra individuals may have entry to them.
“For now, you may get them from non-profit organizations comparable to us,” Zare says. “Simply dip it in there. Ensure there isn’t a fentanyl in there as a result of it isn’t price shedding your life over it.”
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1974 Alive at Georgia Tech
Nine months after the sold-out show at Tech, Yes played at The Omni Nov. 30 for more than 16,000 fans. The next night, rock icon David Bowie performed the final show of his Diamond Dogs tour at the same arena — and within a year of their Fall 1974 shows, KISS and Lynyrd Skynyrd would each return to Atlanta as headliners at The Omni.
Throughout the 1970s, Tech would continue to host many of the decade’s most prominent bands and artists at Alexander Memorial Coliseum and Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Dog Day Afternoon festival in 1977 and Alex Cooley’s Champagne Jam concerts in 1978 and 1979 brought massive, sweaty crowds of music fans to campus for acts including Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Heart, The Cars, and Aerosmith.
The Georgia Tech Athletics Association has continued to open its facilities for music promoters in years since, and Tech has hosted Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Ludacris, Big Boi, and the Rolling Stones (twice!). “We are approached periodically about hosting external events, including concerts featuring popular acts,” an Athletics spokesperson said. “We are proud to provide great entertainment opportunities for the Georgia Tech community and are always looking to drive revenue that can help us provide additional resources for our student-athletes.” Most recently, Athletics welcomed thousands of Yellow Jacket supporters and music fans for the Helluva Block Party series of pregame concerts on North Avenue.
Five decades on, many of the bands whose sounds reverberated within the metal rafters of Alexander Memorial Coliseum are revered by millions. Auslander explained why he thinks the popular music of the 1970s persists. “Today, there are more shared musical tastes and experiences across generations than in the past. Youth in the 1970s mostly rejected the music and culture of their parents — now, we see parents and their children listening to the same music and going to concerts together,” he said.
Although his football experience was cut short due to injury, Ken Smith studied building construction, industrial management, and mechanical engineering at Tech and ran a successful HVAC company in the Augusta area. Over the past 50 years, Smith has seen the Doobie Brothers live more than 30 times, as well as Chicago and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
And Ned Barbre has continued returning to the Tech campus for concerts, including Pink Floyd, Jimmy Buffett, Arlo Guthrie, and the Stones.
Having experienced more than 40 KISS concerts from 1974 through the band’s farewell tour, David Dean said, “I will always remember that first show at Georgia Tech.”
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