Posted on 03/07/2022 9:28:50 AM PST by Conservat1
I am all for removing the warning labels off of everything and let nature take its course.
Re: Fentanyl
2mg can be fatal, so thats potentially 500 overdoses per gram.
He had 400 grams, so that’s potentially 200,000 overdose deaths.
Illicit fentanyl, primarily manufactured in foreign clandestine labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico, is being distributed across the country and sold on the illegal drug market.
Fentanyl is being mixed in with other illicit drugs to increase the potency of the drug, sold as powders and nasal sprays, and increasingly pressed into pills made to look like legitimate prescription opioids.
Because there is no official oversight or quality control, these counterfeit pills often contain lethal doses of fentanyl, with none of the promised drug.
There is significant risk that illegal drugs have been intentionally contaminated with fentanyl. Because of its potency and low cost, drug dealers have been mixing fentanyl with other drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine, increasing the likelihood of a fatal interaction.
It's worse than that. Apparently, 400 grams is where the maximum felony begins. The article states, "On April 27, 2017, DEA agents seized approximately 27 kilograms of fentanyl in Florissant, Mo."
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