Suspected dealer in jail, nearly 8 lbs. of fentanyl seized in SF Tenderloin drug bust

KTVU ^ | October 12, 2022 | Cristina Rendon

[artichokegrower]

Nearly eight pounds of fentanyl was seized in San Francisco by officers during an arrest of a suspected drug dealer.

The bust and arrest of the suspected dealer happened October 8 at approximately 1:30 a.m. in the city’s Tenderloin District at the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Larkin Street.

[artichokegrower]

Jenkins was recently criticized by San Francisco's public defender, who called her policies "regressive" and that her approach to the drug epidemic would lead to mass incarcerations of impoverished people and disproportionately affect BIPOC communities.

The DA’s office estimated the amount of fentanyl seized is enough to kill more than 1.5 million people, or enough to kill the population of San Francisco two times over.

But we have to protect the BIPOC community

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If we would just legalize all drugs all this would go away. /sarc

[Persevero]

?? We arrested a drug dealer?

[coloradan]

If drugs were legal, fentanyl probably would never have been developed.

[moovova]

“nearly 8 lbs.”

Doesn’t this fall under “personal use” statutes? After all...this is California..

[caww]

Mexican cartels are making billions - and guys like this when caught should be quickly prosecuted then as quick shot. I have no problem with the death penalty for drug pushers.

[robel]

Fentanyl wasn’t developed because other drugs were illegal, fentanyl is used because it’s cheap, bigger profit margin. Drug dealers want maximum profit, drug users want the cheapest high.

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If drugs were legal, fentanyl probably would never have been developed.

Utter BS.

Fentanyl would have been developed much quicker and probably many other much stronger drugs as well.

Appetites for this stuff would demand it.

[Bob434]

he should smuggle tenderloins instead- though the left woudl probably impose larger sentences for that

[discostu]

Fentanyl was developed as a prescription painkiller/ anesthetic in 1960.

[drypowder]

Treat as an example, this drug dealer needs to be put down

[wardaddy]

I think both of you are wrong fentanyl was developed because it’s an excellent painkiller and in reality the euphoria component is not nearly as good as heroin or Percocets and I’ve had well two of those recently

Fentanyl is cheap for junkies I am told $20 a day you can stay high

you can certainly not do that with pain pills or heroin

Fentanyl is like super dilaudid with less buzz

The holy grail is a good painkiller that does not get you high which kind of sounds like an oxymoron honestly

[Waverunner]

With 2mg as a lethal dose 8lbs = 3632 grams = 3632000 milligrams divided by 2 = 1,816,000 lethal doses.
Charge them as a terrorist with a weapon of mass destruction.
Hunt down the traffickers as terrorists and drone strike them.
Mexico probably wouldn't like it, but if we are willing to do it to the Mideast, we should be willing to do IT IN MEXICO TO AVENGE THE OVER 50,000 DEATHS A YEAR.

[TexasGator]

“If drugs were legal, fentanyl probably would never have been developed.”

If drugs were legal, fentanyl probably would have been developed sooner.

[moovova]

Shot, THEN prosecuted.

[ridesthemiles]

Isn’t that what caused Michael Jackson’s death???

[discostu]

I don’t remember what he OD’d on. Stuff. And plenty of it.

[Pelham]

When I had a kidney biopsy back in 2015 one of the drugs I was given was fentanyl.

When they gave me that shot every ache and pain in my body washed away like magic, but I didn’t notice any euphoria at all.

It’s a mystery to me why people would seek it out except for pain relief, unless my experience with it is atypical.

[Pelham]

propofol