Op-Ed, LA Times on Fentanyl poisoning. This is not "Reefer Madness" of the old days...
I highly recommend the whole article.
No more harmless recreational drug experimentation
ROBIN ABCARIAN
This is shocking: Poisoning by illicit fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for adults aged 18 to 45 in the U.S., says the federal government, surpassing suicide, gun violence and car accidents.
The tragic stories are becoming commonplace. Three young professionals in New York City ordered cocaine from the same delivery service and died alone after the coke turned out to be fentanyl. Three adults died in a home on the Venice canals after snorting what they thought was cocaine. A 17-year-old Eagle Scout in Northern California bought what he thought was a Percocet tablet and died slumped over the desk in his bedroom. A 15-year-old girl was found dead in the bathroom of her Los Angeles high school after swallowing what she thought was a prescription pain pill. Five West Point cadets on spring break in Florida were poisoned by fentanyl-laced cocaine.
You cant really call most of these deaths and near-deaths overdoses, though they are usually described that way. Overdose to me implies the victims were aware of what they were ingesting and overdid it. (These are not people addicted to fentanyl; they havent developed a tolerance for opioids, although anyone who gets clean and relapses could be in danger of accidentally overdosing.) Instead, these are unwitting self-poisonings. The victims didnt sign up for fetanyl.
MORE at page A18
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flying_wahini
(6,589 posts)NOT ANY.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)I think if you crack down on every last opiate under the sun you can pretty much expect only the worst of the worst dregs to remain which we are now seeing in the form of Fentanyl. In the 1920s the equivalent was bathtub gin that would blind you.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)I like to smoke it without woryying what it might be laced with.
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)even after surgery. It's hard for people to understand what affect it has on the human body and my body simply rejects it. I smoke to relieve pain because I can't find edibles with THC in this country.