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A police officer in East Liverpool, Ohio, collapsed and was rushed to the hospital after he brushed fentanyl residue off his uniform, allowing the drug to enter his system through his hands. The officer had apparently encountered the opioid earlier in the day while making a drug bust.
"This is scary. He could have walked out of the building and left and he could have passed out while he was driving. You don't even know it's there on his clothes," East Liverpool Police Chief John Lane told CNN.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @01:12PM (6 children)
Fentanyl is 100x more potent than morphine.
But Carfentanil is 10,000x more potent than morphine.
Carfentanil is the most potent commercial opioid in the world — 10,000 times stronger than morphine — and law enforcement from northwest Canada to the eastern U.S. have raised alarms about it tainting heroin batches, and even being sold as the drug itself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/12/a-new-front-in-the-opioid-war-elephant-tranquilizer/ [washingtonpost.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @01:21PM
Fentanyl is 100x more potent than morphine.
But Carfentanil is 10,000x more potent than morphine.
Finally! A car analogy! I fee so much better now.
Thank you, different AC!
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 17 2017, @01:38PM (2 children)
Scary that China let Carfentanil to be sold freely until March 1, 2017. But is that substance possible to produce for mortals without access to advanced laboratories or the aid of chemistry professors?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @02:50PM (1 child)
Doesn't matter. If China won't make it then Iran and North Korea will.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 17 2017, @07:13PM
It's a lot easier to order from China..
Logistics matters.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:46PM (1 child)
What about lofentanil?
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday May 18 2017, @08:46AM
Yeah, lofentanil seems similar to Carfentanil. But I find no data on half-life or bioavailability.
(did find Metkefamide during searches however)