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Officials warn of new drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl
CBS ^ | April 16, 2019 | CBS News

Posted on 04/18/2019 12:31:58 PM PDT by Jyotishi

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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

all fent bust s last yr also had some carfent...involved....Now as of 3 mo ago ....all fent busts ..even huge ones.....have No carfent mentioned.........why?....dea site says amount size of tiny dust mote can kill....dealers are using drones for delivery in every big city.....imo this is the biggest potential threat situation the U.S. has ever had.....at this point due to total lack of coverage.....im starting to wonder if we are in fact already hostage....to this.


21 posted on 04/18/2019 1:14:29 PM PDT by Therapsid (eagan)
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To: neverevergiveup

The drug can kill through respiratory depression in microgram amounts. 20 micrograms is a potentially lethal dose.


23 posted on 04/18/2019 1:46:39 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
It’s only a national emergency after people are mass killed in one attack.

Nah. That will only be about some people who did something.

24 posted on 04/18/2019 1:47:58 PM PDT by Maceman (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: Jyotishi
Carfentanil is similar to fentanyl but twice as strong and used in large animals like horses and elephants widely in zoos.

More stellar CBS writing and copy editing.

25 posted on 04/18/2019 1:54:52 PM PDT by relictele
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To: Jyotishi

Darwin works 24/7.


26 posted on 04/18/2019 1:59:57 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( AG Barr didnÂ’t defend the President! Barr just reported his findings! President Trump, Not Guilty)
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To: Jyotishi

Maybe it should be given out free to drug dealers and addicts.


27 posted on 04/18/2019 2:00:37 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Jyotishi

WHOA!...thanks for posting.


28 posted on 04/18/2019 2:04:37 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: redfreedom; heshtesh

I suspect most victims would be Democrats.


29 posted on 04/18/2019 2:09:51 PM PDT by Does so (Is Central America Emptying Its Jails?)
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To: Jyotishi
CBS is weird. Carfentanyl is not “ a new drug.” It has been known and around for at least a couple years.
30 posted on 04/18/2019 2:12:51 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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To: Kozak
You're right, and I agree. I wasn't trying to say that it isn't highly dangerous, just that fentanyl is also very highly dangerous - and can also kill by respiratory depression in microgram amounts. Respiratory depression is hard to predict, which is why patients receiving fentanyl, even in doses of 50 ug, need to be monitored for respiratory depression. It is also very important for people to understand that lethality can be divorced from potency - in either direction with regards dose.
31 posted on 04/18/2019 2:23:46 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Does so

I suspect most victims would be Democrats.

Well if it’s a chance that has to be taken...……..okay:)


32 posted on 04/18/2019 2:31:19 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: Jyotishi

60 drug/sex dealing docs arrested

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3742962/posts


33 posted on 04/18/2019 2:57:25 PM PDT by GailA (PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, GET OVER IT SNOWFLAKES.)
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To: relictele

More stellar CBS writing and copy editing.
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Not even worth critiquing any longer. No one seems to be able to write today. Grammar be racist, yo.


34 posted on 04/18/2019 3:24:48 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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“I believe the Chinese are working on deathstarfentanil: just one molecule will kill everyone on the planet.”

I’d be more concerned about the world’s deadliest joke getting into the wrong hands. Thats why they keep the punchline and joke separate at all costs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGbe5qy5274&t=135


35 posted on 04/18/2019 3:37:13 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

I think I read about carfentanil being used for recreation around the same time I heard about ketamine being used for recreation, which I think was about eight years ago. The fact that such trafficking has been allowed to continue unabated for so long is frightening.

It’s not as if the users are breaking into the zoos and veterinary hospitals treating farm animals and stealing it, because that’s a small and finite supply.

I also fear for first responders who show up to an overdose or bust a supplier, and wind up being exposed. Handling of biohazardous materials should not have to become a necessity.


36 posted on 04/18/2019 3:38:05 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Jyotishi
been around for years... they finally got a clue?
37 posted on 04/18/2019 3:49:21 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Red Badger

Yup, put a dose on the nose of bullet and administer it in a high speed injection


38 posted on 04/18/2019 3:54:32 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Jyotishi

How long before terrorists get a batch of Fentanyl or Carfentanil, pulverize it and spray it over a large city killing millions?


39 posted on 04/18/2019 4:05:21 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Jyotishi

Whatever happened to a shot of Scotch...?


40 posted on 04/18/2019 6:20:14 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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