Fentanyl suspected in death of Vancouver teen

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A teenage boy is dead and another one is recovering after a suspected overdose of the powerful opioid fentanyl, say Vancouver police.
The deceased is a 17-year-old boy who was on life support after he and a 16-year-old friend allegedly took fake Oxycontin, known as "fake 80s," mixed with fentanyl.

Police said the teenagers were rushed to Vancouver Children's Hospital on Saturday night when they passed out in a park after they consumed the pills, which were green and had the number 80 on them.

The 16 year-old has since recovered from the incident and has been released from hospital.
Vancouver police are once again warning drug users about the synthetic opioid that is roughly 50 to 100 times more toxic than morphine.

"There's no such thing as a safe street drug," said Constable Brian Montague in a written release.
"There's no way to know for certain what the drug may contain."
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according to another article this picture is also fent..
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sekio said:
sad stuff.... goes to show if you're 17 you probably shouldn't fuck with powerful opioids...
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Yep, very sad. A friend of mine overdosed and died at 17 after using fentanyl.
I wonder if this is actually fentanyl or one of its analogues.
 
At least with the real CDN 80s, people knew what dosage they were getting.
 
S.J.P. said:
At least with the real CDN 80s, people knew what dosage they were getting.
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That's the problem.

These fentanyl pills are being sold as OC80's so kids think it's only 40mg Oxy they're snorting when they cut one in half meanwhile it's a lethal dose of fentanyl.

Sneaky and cruel dealers.
 
Dil4 said:
These fentanyl pills are being sold as OC80's so kids think it's only 40mg Oxy they're snorting when they cut one in half meanwhile it's a lethal dose of fentanyl.
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Shouldn't these "kids" be smart enough to know that OC80s don't exist anymore? Or do they still float around Canada?

I also don't believe the "they're just kids...", at this point they grew up with the internet, they know how to do a Google search.

I believe it's more likely that they know they're buying "fake 80s," they just don't know the exact dosage and misjudge their tolerance compared to Vicodin.
 
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