Posted on 07/28/2024 8:35:45 AM PDT by Libloather
Overdose deaths linked to a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl have more than doubled in the city — while a new lethal sedative has been detected for the first time in the Big Apple’s drug supply.
Both terrifying drugs have created a perfect public-health storm, prompting city officials on Thursday to issue a warning about carfentanil — powerful enough to sedate an elephant — and medetomidine, an animal tranquilizer experts say is more potent than “zombie drug” xylazine.
Yet, despite the two poisons making the city’s cocaine and heroin supply an even more deadly gamble, the city’s Health Department continued to tout “harm reduction” programs, such as providing addicts with clean needles and counseling them not to use drugs alone.
“All New Yorkers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and to be met with non-judgmental care, as we know that stigma drives people away from services,” Health Department spokeswoman Rachel Vick told The Post.
“Our goal is to reduce overdose death and improve lives by mitigating the risk of death for people who use drugs and ensuring that everyone has access to high-quality harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services when, where, and how they need it.”
Carfentanil has been linked to seven fatal overdoses in NYC through June, more than double the three OD deaths during the same period last year, according to preliminary data from city health officials and the Medical Examiner’s office.
Eight opioid samples obtained from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan between March and June were found to be contaminated with small amounts of the deadly substance, in addition to fentanyl, health officials said.
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“don’t use street drugs and this will not happen to u.”
I don’t know, this stuff is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin. If this is true (probably not), then a lethal dose to a large crowd can be administrated by a drone.
A possible future headline:
Ten-Thousand Fans Perish to Drone-Drug Attack at Dolphin Stadium.
Right on!
My thought on over dosing is that if it’s not accidental it should not be treated and the addict should be allowed to follow their chosen path.
Winnowing the chaff.
Need a more potent drug for the azzholes that do them. Thin the herd even faster and NARCAN should be outlawed against drug users.
You know that carfentanil is bad, but I hear this new truckfentanil is even worse.
I have a solution for this. (China 1947)
Suvfentanyl is by far the worst.
Won’t you think of the environment? HOW DARE YOU!
powerful enough to sedate an elephant
= = =
Don’t need it.
RINOs already sedated or worse.
Is that like ‘keep off the grass’?
Yes!
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