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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You’re getting too many downvotes. We need some kind of regulation to prevent phentanyl from getting into everything.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

We need a robust addiction support network to go along with that, but, yes: illegalizing drugs causes more problems than it solves. Legally regulated and sold drugs ensure quality and provide confidence that what the consumer is getting (and ingesting) is what they think it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I keep hearing about it in the news and even signs in public places. Why is is everywhere?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its cheap and potent so suppliers cut other drugs with it to increase potency and hide quality issues

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like real pharmaceutical companies or the street variant?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Street variant. The dosage needed to get high or overdose is so small that its much easier to smuggle in compared to other drugs

AFAIK the medically its only really used for anesthesia which is usually used under controlled conditions and makes responding to very easy, especially when there's OTC drugs that reverse opioid overdoses, though fentanyl can take multiple dosages to reverse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Good to know thanks.