> but most illegal drugs are illegal because they can cause immediate death even at normal usage amounts. Huh. The amount used on the street is not a "normal u

> but most illegal drugs are illegal because they can cause immediate death even at normal usage amounts. Huh. The amount used on the street is not a "normal usage amount". Most fentanyl deaths are due to the fact that the medical usage amount is not something you can generally measure with your dealer's scale or the scale you bought at the local head shop (we, as paramedics, would typically administer 50-100 micrograms, and for anything more than 300 we needed to consult with a physician). In those use cases, properly dosed, fentanyl is an exceptional, powerful, and short-lived, analgesic. When people die from fentanyl ODs they're taking dozens, hundreds, or more, than the "normal usage amounts".