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posted by janrinok on Friday May 25 2018, @07:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-to-spoil-a-lot-of-parties dept.

Record US fentanyl bust 'enough to kill 26 million people'

Nearly 120lbs (54kg) of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic painkiller, has been seized by police in Nebraska - one of the largest busts in US history.

The drugs, seized last month, could kill over 26 million people, according to estimates by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Police found the fentanyl in a fake compartment of a lorry. The driver and a passenger were arrested.

[...] It was the largest seizure of fentanyl in state history, Nebraska State Patrol said in a Twitter post on Thursday.

[...] Just 2mg of fentanyl - or a few grains of table salt - is a lethal dosage for most people, and even exposure can cause a fatal reaction, according to the DEA.

Another estimate: they could make 260 million people pain-free for a day.

Bonus story:

Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle's Puget Sound

Scientists at the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife have found that mussels in Seattle's waters are testing positive for opioids. The finding suggests "a lot of people" are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say.

Also at the Puget Sound Institute.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by EvilSS on Friday May 25 2018, @08:54PM (2 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 25 2018, @08:54PM (#684208)
    The average book page from a standard size hardback book with 60# paper (it is the Library of congress, so they get the good printings) weighs in at around 5.08g, so this bust is the equivalent of 10,630 book pages. Give or take, and not including covers. Figure the average book is around 250 pages, this comes out to around 42.5 books, again give or take. Online search shows the library of congress has around 38,000,000. So this bust is 1.12x10^-6 libraries of congress.
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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday May 25 2018, @09:01PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday May 25 2018, @09:01PM (#684211) Journal

    Wow, LOC has a measly hentai manga collection. I guess that's all that could fit under the floorboards.

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday May 25 2018, @11:18PM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Friday May 25 2018, @11:18PM (#684260) Journal

    http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-book [guinnessworldrecords.com]
    3.6% of the world's largest book.

    Or, approximately the same weight as the last print version of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
    https://www.networkworld.com/article/2221907/software/encyclopaedia-britannica-will-no-longer-weigh-129-pounds.htm [networkworld.com]

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