Re:DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
by KMag on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:31AM
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I suspect that as a fully synthetic opiod, fentanyl is less likely to have much in the way of higher vapour pressure impurities vs. an acetylated purified plant extract like heroin. My guess is that on top of taking up 20x less space, it's more than 20x harder for dogs to smell due to having fewer low molecular weight impurities that outgas/evaporate.
Re:DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
by m0zg on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:02AM
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It's made mostly in China right now though, so it's quite literally "Chinese". Proof: https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-...
And yeah, I do think that not preventing its import is doing a tremendous amount of harm. If you want to call this "war on drugs", call it what you wish, but I think everyone would be better off if the arrows in that PDF were eliminated.
Re:DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
by La1n on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:05AM
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>It's made mostly in China right now though, so it's quite literally "Chinese". Proof:
It doesn't say that at all, it says that most of the _import_ into the US is Chinese made fentanyl. It does not touch at all on US made fentanyl.
Second, what you're basically asking for is MORE WAR ON DRUGS. Addiction is public and mental health problem, and should be approached as such. DEA is the last agency you should plead for help in times of crisis such as this opioid one. Harm reduction programs are proven as best way to tackle such problems, proven time and time again around the world.
Third, calling fentanyl "Chinese fentanyl" is reminiscent of recent declarations of "Chinese virus". It's fentanyl. It doesn't have nationality.