Fentanyl-laced drugs blamed for Detroit-area death rise

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Fentanyl-laced drugs blamed for Detroit-area death rise
Associated Press
January 25, 2007

DETROIT Wayne County health officials blame a rise in drug deaths on the spread of heroin and cocaine laced with a prescription drug.
The county reported 542 people died from drugs between January first and December 10th. That's a 19-percent increase over 2005.

One-hundred-seventy eight of the 2006 deaths were attributed to the drug fentanyl. The opiate is cheaper than heroin and more potent than morphine -- making it an appealing additive for heroin distributors.

Fentanyl can cause rapid respiratory failure.

Authorities say many drug users take the laced drug without knowing it and there are dealers who don't realize they're selling it.

Members of a county group formed to deal with the problem met this month with the White House drug czar.

http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=5990043&nav=0RbQ

 

[johnnyb420]

"The opiate is cheaper than heroin" ???
since when is fent cheaper than heroin??

"heroin and cocaine laced with a prescription drug"???

i dont think the fent being sold is from a prescription source most likely it comes from a clandestine lab...i could be wrong on both accounts

 

[Mr. Pastorius]

fentanyl is a schedule II prescription drug.

 

[Voodoochild870]

One of those deaths was one of my good friends. He shot up some of that fentanyl cut heroin. Whoever was selling that shit should get charged with manslaughter

 

[Pharcyde]

Why did they ever stop blaming the fentanyl/herion mix? Its not like arresting 3 guys would make it stop

 

[haribo1]

Fentanyl is quite cheap to make. I think your looking at about $8000 per Kg.

 

[stealthninja012]

There is a commercial on late night here that is a lawyer advertising that Actiq and Fentanyl have been over prescribed and if you've OD'ed or a family member died to call him and he'll help you sue.

Little off topic but I thought the commercial was funny.

 

[tambourine-man]

The DEA micrograms recorded an increase in this in Texas, less than six months ago.

There's been more than a few Bluelighters who've died from fentanyl cuts.

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=269951

 

[Coolio]

Fentanyl costs less than a penny per dose to manufacture, and billions of doses can be synthesized in a small clandestine in weeks.

 

[haribo1]

It's not difficult to make either. Looks like at the moment people are just following the Seigfried method but anyone with chemistry skills will swap to thiofentanyl since it's TI is higher & the high from the drug better. beta-hydroxy fentanyl is easy to make. Form an ester while you add the propinyl group and it's smokable, shootable or snortable.