The X|A|N|A|X bar situation is out of control. They are mostly coming from Canada, there was a major bust not that long ago but they keep coming. Many or perhaps most are legitimate alprazolam, but a lot of them are actual over-dosed, I've heard from reliable sources that there was a large batch of very legitimate looking "bars" that were actually 4mg i.e. double the dose that it should be, and so on; some of them are also random weird RC benzos which have properties that are all over the place sometimes somewhat like alprazolam should be and some totally different, which can lead to big problems if people think "oh, it's not working" and take another and find out it was a different drug that takes a long while to kick in. there were even some idiots that put fentanyl in the so-called "bars" and killed a few people.
some of the fake X|A|N|A|X look very,very real; the telltale of course is that they're not pressed well and crumble, but some of the major operators have very good presses, fortunately those tend to be the people who put the actual drug in there, but the over-dosing is an issue. it's surprising because you'd expect it to be under-dosed so they'd save money but pure ALP is ridiculously cheap from the usual countries overseas so it's almost insignificant a milligram or two and might get them more custies at whatever level this distribution is going on.
as far as painkillers you'd almost always be getting fentanyl if they're fake but I've heard of Valium, alprazolam,and nothing, even Tylenol, for whatever reason; the mention of SSRIs above is bizarre, but I wouldn't put anything past them. for the love of God, though, people, know if it's legit before you shoot it, if that's your thing, a dose of fentanyl calibrated to work orally or whatever is likely to kill you IV'd if you do as much as you'd usually do if the pill was real.
some of these pills are very real looking and I would not consider it impossble that some of them were to wind up in pharmacies via unscrupulous and/or junkie pharm techs, it would not really be hard at all of a scam to pull off. I seriously doubt this is a common occurrence but if it happens, I'd honestly report the pharmacy to the authorities, even bring the evidence; even though we're not about snitching as a community it could save somebody's life.
but pils you get off the "street" or from some shady "online pharmacy" or email-address dealer, be careful, be real careful; and more and more and more they are one and the same, the people slinging them IRL are buying them from unscrupulous fake "online pharmacies," they may or may not even know if what they're holding is legit.
so be careful out there folks. it's a brave scary new world (has been for a few years but is only worse and probably only going to get worse. I can imagine that some time the pharmacies and pharmcos and the government may mandate that some of these drugs only be distributed in sealed bottles, not loose pills, that would honestly be a good thing, but who knows how hard to fake the seals would be, but again I don't think that would be the major issue.)
the major issue is the motherfuckers selling shit online, with no accountability and no real person so to speak. my motto has always been if I can't shake your hand or shake you down we aren't gonna do business. if you are in the place to do it you should hold people accountable for selling you bad shit or at least do what you can to ruin their rep. but then again people may be desperate and have no other options. or even prefer fent. tell all your junkie ass or even sometimes-middling friends that this is going on and it's not cool
