Fentanyl is real and what you hear is true!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

63. First off, Rx fentanyl patches are specifically formulated with gels to make the drug absorb

the skin, and the packaging will contain traces of the compounds that are used to facilitate this process. And that absorption still happens VERY slowly. Like 72 hours.

2ndly, children are not adults, nor is this outcome remotely likely. It's an 'abundance of caution' situation. The USED PATCHES on the other hand, of course can be dangerous.

3rdly, in virtually no case is the 'recovery of evidence' going to involve a large tranche of Rx Fentanyl Patch Wrappers.

The idea that a 250lb grown man police officer is going absorb enough from the wrappers of fentanyl patches while going through some prisoners belongings is nonsense.

Fentanyl in the criminal world will be powder, or pills.

Neither of which absorb through skin.

You wouldn't wanna plunge a knife into a kilo of pure fentanyl, put your nose over it and inhale the dust into your mucous membranes, but that's about the only likely scenario to cause a grown adult cop to take in enough fentanyl to harm themselves.