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6. Increase in overdose deaths is also due to mixing with Fentanyl

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 10:21 AM

Jul 2015

according to news reports in my area.

Heroin + fentanyl is a deadly mix because the dose someone has been using of normal street heroin, now is likely to kill them. If the person doesn't realize what they have is cut with fentanyl, or doesn't realize how much stronger it's going to be, they are likely to unintentionally overdose.

This is what has been reported in my area. I would never knowingly touch the stuff myself because the addiction potential is so high and so debilitating.

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Heroin Use Skyrockets in U.S. [View all] damnedifIknow Jul 2015 OP

Terribly tragic... kentuck Jul 2015 #1

We invaded Afghanistan and heroin became cheaper and more plentiful than ever. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #2

imagine that... KG Jul 2015 #3

We just had a beautiful girl that died from "Molly"... kentuck Jul 2015 #4

'Molly' is the pure chemical form of the drug Ecstacy..it's MDMA without all the addatives. Volaris Jul 2015 #8

Molly is supposed to be MDMA (also known as ecstasy). Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #9

Yeah, beat me to it. malthaussen Jul 2015 #5

Increase in overdose deaths is also due to mixing with Fentanyl MH1 Jul 2015 #6

The "War on Drugs" is working well, I see... hunter Jul 2015 #7

Babyboomers were taught of the dangers of drugs.. kentuck Jul 2015 #10

A caution on this study: No raw number of users given, esp. over time. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #11