Elephant Sedative Carfentanyl is the Latest and Deadliest Heroin Additive

Elephant Sedative Carfentanyl is the Latest and Deadliest Heroin Additive One of the biggest risks associated with illegal drug use is that there’s no way to know for sure exactly what’s in the substance you’re consuming. Many drug cartels dilute their products with nearly indistinguishable substances, for example mixing powdered milk into a batch of heroin, in order to increase the overall quantity of the drug, sell more, and make more money. One uncommon heroin additive that’s been making headlines recently is carfentanyl. An analogue of the more commonly known opioid analgesic fentanyl, carfentanyl was first produced in 1974 and intended for sedating large animals like elephants and moose. In August of this year, a Cleveland, Ohio medical examiner found evidence that the drug was contributing to the state’s high rate of fatal opioid overdoses and released a public health warning to that effect. It can be impossible without testing equipment to tell if an additive like carfentanyl has been added to a small supply of heroin. Carfentanyl is odorless and colorless, making it effectively invisible and undetectable. There really is no way for an average user to test the purity of the substances s/he purchases. Even worse than not being able to tell if carfentanyl has been folded into a batch of heroin, what makes carfentanyl really scary is its strength. Commonly described as 10,000 times stronger than morphine, 2,500 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times the s...
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