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I don't understand, the article states the distribution is very controlled and geared towards the military. The problem with Fentanyl is its widespread prescrip
by d--b 8y ago
I don't understand, the article states the distribution is very controlled and geared towards the military. The problem with Fentanyl is its widespread prescription by family doctors.
If the US doesn't allow its distribution through mainstream channels, it's no big deal. I'm pretty sure that stuff is weaker than morphine, yet morphine is quite available in hospitals...
EDIT: ah, apparently it's quite stronger than morphine. The argument still holds. Hospitals do have stronger stuff :)
- arebop 8y agoFentanyl is much stronger the morphine, so if this is 10x stronger than Fentanyl then it is also much stronger than morphine.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoYeah, but what does "strong" mean in this context? If it means you can get the same effect with 1/10th the dose, then you just put 1/10th as much active ingredient in each pill and nothing effectively changes. There's some discussion at the top of the thread that suggests it's more complicated than that, and may make it either more or less dangerous, depending.
- DanBC 8y agoThe other problem with fentanyl is that it is much "stronger" than morphine, and much easier to smuggle into the US. It was until recently legal to produce it in China. This means heroin dealers were buying fentanyl and cutting it with sugars. If they correctly cut it - dilute it - it's bad, but not as bad as when they incorrectly cut it and release product that is too strong. This is one of the reasons fentanyl is killing so many Americans.