• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    I remember some grotesque IRL stories of police getting paranoid about, what was it, contamination through osmosis? Basically OD’ing by touching “drugs”?

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      Yep, fentanyl. Thing is, its all BS. The reality is, cops just like to use the drugs they find and when fent started getting cut into other drugs, like cocaine or meth, the cops were ODing and had to come up with a cover story. Hence the myth of fentanyl being an Uber drug developed by antifa trans leftists to kill our heroes started.

      Fentanyl can be dangerous, but it’s used in medical settings often. It does not kill you in infinitesimal amounts through contact or sight. I used to work in an ER / Trauma center, and we laughed our asses off at how fucking dumb that copaganda was when the stories first started dropping. It was obvious what was really happening.

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        It’s also been approved for medical use since 1968.

        Pretty sure contact OD would have gotten it removed from the market pretty fucking fast.

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      “officer nearly ODs on femtanyl after touching ________ laced with the drug”

      Was a headline I saw multiple times over the last 5 or so years.

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      Now there’s something ten bazillion times worse than fentanyl, just by looking at it you turn into a gay werewolf vampire frog and piss blood killing babies.