> 10 pounds of fentanyl is enough to lethally overdose about 2 million people.
I'm not sure what the point of this comment is. Fentanyl is only dangerous if ingested; incidental contact is harmless.
That shipment was, in all likelihood, intended for eventual distribution to opiate users, who have a higher tolerance than the general population. Making a comparison of how that would affect a person who has no tolerance is misleading fearmongering, when there was no indication that any person in this story was going to accidentally ingest the substance.
> Fentanyl is only dangerous if ingested; incidental contact is harmless.
Bullshit. Your hand touches something that had fentanyl powder on it, your finger goes up your nose or in your mouth (most people in the world do this), then what?? Oh, nothing?
>Making a comparison of how that would affect a person who has no tolerance is misleading fearmongering, when there was no indication that any person in this story was going to accidentally ingest the substance.
I guess let's just ignore the problem, OP was being silly, there's nothing wrong here?? Is that really your line of thinking? What if the elderly person decided to open up one of the powder packages to see what kind of powder was in it, like if it had a smell or something, maybe it's chalk, maybe it's salt - they don't know. In that case they very likely would be dead. Inhaling it if grandpa did cut open one of the packages would likely kill anyone that entered the room.
I've never seen anyone be so cavalier about 10 pounds of fentanyl before.
I don't think they're saying that receiving and touching the box was a danger to the recipient. I think they're just expressing that 10 pounds is a lot and this is not a single casual user just buying enough for themselves and their friends.
chimeracoder|2 years ago
I'm not sure what the point of this comment is. Fentanyl is only dangerous if ingested; incidental contact is harmless.
That shipment was, in all likelihood, intended for eventual distribution to opiate users, who have a higher tolerance than the general population. Making a comparison of how that would affect a person who has no tolerance is misleading fearmongering, when there was no indication that any person in this story was going to accidentally ingest the substance.
leptons|2 years ago
Bullshit. Your hand touches something that had fentanyl powder on it, your finger goes up your nose or in your mouth (most people in the world do this), then what?? Oh, nothing?
>Making a comparison of how that would affect a person who has no tolerance is misleading fearmongering, when there was no indication that any person in this story was going to accidentally ingest the substance.
I guess let's just ignore the problem, OP was being silly, there's nothing wrong here?? Is that really your line of thinking? What if the elderly person decided to open up one of the powder packages to see what kind of powder was in it, like if it had a smell or something, maybe it's chalk, maybe it's salt - they don't know. In that case they very likely would be dead. Inhaling it if grandpa did cut open one of the packages would likely kill anyone that entered the room.
I've never seen anyone be so cavalier about 10 pounds of fentanyl before.
ketralnis|2 years ago
bluepod4|2 years ago
Based on the death rates, it seems like no one really has a higher “tolerance”. Even fetanyl users can’t handle fetanyl…
Mo3|2 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_pRi37yLBQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd76HxqCPf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3IZu_m66Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gA61UowVHk
These cops would disagree.
scarby2|2 years ago