swakyaby
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Help me understand fentanyl overdose..I understand that it is potent and deadly but what I don't understand is what people think they are getting when they buy the pill..Are they expecting to get a safe dose of fentanyl or do they think they are getting something else? If they think they are getting something else why are drug dealers not just selling a placebo? The only thing that makes sense to me is that they think they are getting a safe dose of fentanyl but as deadly as it is it seems unlikely people are taking it expecting to get a safe dose. What am I missing?
Getting back to the OP’s question, the drugs being sold on the black market are the ones being laced with fentanyl, to the unsuspecting opioid user. Fentanyl is now so cheap to produce on the black market and so potent that it takes very little to enhance an opioid pill’s effect. People really are putting too much faith in the safety of street drugs. There are no checks on what is being mixed in it. In contrast, medications purchased through licensed pharmacies have not been implicated, as far as I know.
For those who are fearful of fentanyl (or propofol) for their medical procedures as a result of recent publicity, taking street drugs containing fentanyl is not the same thing as receiving sedation in a monitored setting with medical professionals trained to handle the most common adverse effects.