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Wow. The next paragraph is interesting to read from the future: It is the author's opinion that fentanyl CsA's will be back as the future analgesic drugs of ab
by dendrite9 2y ago
Wow. The next paragraph is interesting to read from the future:
It is the author's opinion that fentanyl CsA's will be back as the future analgesic drugs of abuse. The thoughts behind this statement are that the published synthesis schemes for the fentanyl compounds allow for the use of wide variety of precursors as discovered by the confiscated notes from an anonymous clandestine laboratory that synthesized a drug, based on information presented in two separate volumes of the Journal of Organic Chemistry (...). Also, several fentanyl derivatives have such high potencies that the quantities required to be synthesized are trivial. For instance, carfentanil (...) is approximately 4000 times as potent as heroin and has an extremely favorable therapeutic index (Janssen 1985). Hence, an easy week's work for two chemists could provide 10 kilograms of carfentanil which would be equivalent to 40 metric tons of pure heroin.
- sharpshadow 2y agoEspecially now since Afghanistan is back in Taliban hands. According to this statistics[1] Afghanistan was producing the lion share of the world's opium but that must have changed significantly now after the US left the country. 1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58308494 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58308494
- actionfromafar 2y agoY̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶̶m̶o̶r̶e̶̶ ̶o̶p̶i̶u̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶o̶i̶n̶.̶ Edit: I misunderstood the article.
- lukan 2y agoWell, the UN for example says different. 95% reduction in 2023. So effectivly allmost banned completely. But you maybe have better sources? https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2023/November/afghanistan-opium-cultivation-in-2023-declined-95-per-cent-following-drug-ban_-new-unodc-survey.html https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2023/November/...
- herbst 2y agoTo my understanding the whole US being there and basically allowing the opium trade thing was what made heroin so fucking cheap the recent years, which it isn't anymore. There definitely seems to be a connection here
- kevinsync 2y agoIndeed, they're producing a bunch of meth now. Ephedra grows abundantly way up in the mountains, and the trade routes to Pakistan and Iran are already established. [0] https://cen.acs.org/policy/global-health/Afghanistans-crystal-meth-boom-rooted/99/i13 https://cen.acs.org/policy/global-health/Afghanistans-crysta... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/afghanistan-meth-opium-drug-industry/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/afghan...