Oregon State Police K-9 officers say they seized 80,000 fentanyl pills and 14 pounds of fentanyl powder in traffic stops on Interstate 5.They made the stops bet
For overdoses, a regulated, safe supply. People don’t overdose because it’s inherently more dangerous than other opiates, they do because it’s difficult to tell how concentrated a random powder is, and the people selling it aren’t great at calculating concentration. Being sold by the same people as drugs like cocaine also leads to people using cocaine that is accidentally/intentionally contaminated with fentanyl, when they didn’t intend to use opiates at all. Hospitals use fentanyl all the time without accidentally killing people because it comes in a safe, predictable, consistently measured form. Plus people didn’t even want to start using fentanyl instead of heroin, dilaudid or morphine, it’s just that the market switched to that because it’s cheap, easy to synthesize, and easier to transport.
For the dealing side, sort of legalization (like, very grim medical dispensaries with access to treatment) would be the worst nightmare for the people who profit from selling and trafficking it.
For overdoses, a regulated, safe supply. People don’t overdose because it’s inherently more dangerous than other opiates, they do because it’s difficult to tell how concentrated a random powder is, and the people selling it aren’t great at calculating concentration. Being sold by the same people as drugs like cocaine also leads to people using cocaine that is accidentally/intentionally contaminated with fentanyl, when they didn’t intend to use opiates at all. Hospitals use fentanyl all the time without accidentally killing people because it comes in a safe, predictable, consistently measured form. Plus people didn’t even want to start using fentanyl instead of heroin, dilaudid or morphine, it’s just that the market switched to that because it’s cheap, easy to synthesize, and easier to transport.
For the dealing side, sort of legalization (like, very grim medical dispensaries with access to treatment) would be the worst nightmare for the people who profit from selling and trafficking it.