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In reply to the discussion: Fentanyl is real and what you hear is true! [View all]Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)65. What year are we talking here? Just curious ...
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first responders and others have had panic and anxiety attacks or their ailments were psychosomatic
RAB910
Oct 2022
#29
The problem I have with people ODing from Fentanyl just on their skin is that is the way
Maraya1969
Oct 2022
#127
Doctor told us to be very careful with packaging for patches as child could die
Lettuce Be
Oct 2022
#44
First off, Rx fentanyl patches are specifically formulated with gels to make the drug absorb
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#63
You are assuming that illicitly manufactured stuff is safer than legally manufactured stuff.
NNadir
Oct 2022
#131
I didn't mean 'safer' I meant 'less pure'. Less pure means less dangerous to handle generally
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#134
The thing is, those are not "made to look like candy to children and young people"
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2022
#156
The DEA part of it is, yes. He should bring them back to reality.
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2022
#159
More along the lines of "parents think Halloween candy is fentanyl because FOX told them so"
Hekate
Oct 2022
#24
Although the main supplier is China, if fentanyl is coming from MX, it's coming from MX
LeftInTX
Oct 2022
#87
Los Angeles Times did a recent front pager on rainbow fentanyl after a couple of 15 year olds ...
Hekate
Oct 2022
#12
Agreed. And even just a mandatory 5 mins of counseling from a professional
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#123
And, while we're planning... how about addressing the root causes of despair.
yardwork
Oct 2022
#126
That would track more closely with 'evil people' than the fact that there's a lot of fentanyl around
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#53
I don't think anyone is downplaying or denying a deadly epidemic of Fentanyl overdoses.
Aristus
Oct 2022
#33
Little town of 1200 people near me had four Fentanyl deaths in one week.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2022
#35
Fentanyl is ravaging small towns, and local cops (often part-time constables) can't stop it.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2022
#45
In the opioid world that shit is the equivalent of year-old brown mexi-dirt weed smuggled
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#96
And now, workday is over so just ate a 5mg Indica gummie I procured totally legally in AZ
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#125
You've got to be careful. There's always been crazy people doing things like that
rockfordfile
Oct 2022
#38
Fentanyl is real and is dangerous. That doesn't mean we shouldn't push back on hyperbole.
fishwax
Oct 2022
#50
My childhood friend's beloved grandson, Nick, died of a fentanyl overdose last year at 24.
deurbano
Oct 2022
#69
There's a difference between a rational, contemplative response to an issue and fear mongering
BannonsLiver
Oct 2022
#79
My goddaughter's grandfather was raising her. He's now raising his great granddaughter.
no_hypocrisy
Oct 2022
#99
Awareness is all we can do, I am aware, was before this, this aint the first crazy dangerous thing.
Brainfodder
Oct 2022
#122
I didn't realize anyone did not think fentanyl and the many articles about the overdose problem
Martin68
Oct 2022
#142
I have seen this post for a while...and what I read on DU was how folks on the right are claiming
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#154