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Badloss t1_ixuvl70 wrote

I don't understand the point of Fentanyl. Maybe it's my innocent lamb DARE propaganda conditioning but is there any upside to using it? It seems like the only point of Fentanyl is to trick people into thinking it's heroin or something and then it kills them. Is it even possible to use Fentanyl safely?

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Aromatic_Oven_3971 t1_ixuwjdi wrote

Technically yes. It’s used in hospitals as a pain killer. As a street user? No it’s not possible to use it safely. The difference between ingesting an amount that will get you high and an amount that will kill you is single digit milligrams. Something tells me dealers and users aren’t using pharma grade scales

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Maddcapp t1_ixux3d5 wrote

Yes it’s 100% possible to use safely. When administered by a doctor in a medical setting. On the street no not safe even when being careful because you don’t know the strength. It’s so widely used by dealers because it’s extremely cheap and easy to order from Chinese chemical distributors. You can buy $20,000 worth and make hundreds of thousands of dollars selling it.

Users don’t care because it gets them really high and keeps the withdrawals away.

It’s toxic and deadly if ingested. But it’s a myth that skin contact can kill you.

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Intrepid-Hunter-5813 t1_ixv58z8 wrote

“But it’s a myth that skin contact can kill you..”

Don’t tell that to all of the cops who have “overdosed” from reaching into a suspects pocket and pulled out an open bag. There was a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that basically obliterated the notion that all of these cops were overdosing and the police union clapped back by essentially saying that police would never lie, and therefore the study was just an attempt to downplay the heroic actions of these poor cops. Strange times.

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9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_iy3za7z wrote

That's not true. Fentanyl reacts with cop DNA to produce a reaction that presents exactly the same as a panic attack and can only be reversed was shooting 6 doses of narcan up the nose.

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Maddcapp t1_ixvtnzq wrote

I generally support the police. They have tough jobs. But yeah that’s debunked 100%.

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dorgba t1_ixuxl95 wrote

It is cheaper and more potent. Using it safely might be a loaded question. You can use it and not die. Would not call that safe though.

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abagofit t1_ixvsgfi wrote

My grandma is prescribed fentanyl patches for pain, so it does have medical use

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