I hear all these stories about people overdosing due to not knowing they were consuming/ingesting fentanyl, and I was just wondering why this occurs so often.
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You need MUCH less to get the same or stronger high than the drug they are cutting.
for example, as per the DEA, 2mg (thats like 10-15 GRAINS of salt) is a potentially lethal dose to majority of humans (depending on their weight).
the LD50 (the dose required to kill 50% of the tested population of the members. meaning ~~100% of the time, ~~50% of the tested subjects will die) for fentanyl is unknown. but fentanyl LD50 for rats is 3mg/kg, 1mg/kg for cats, 14mg/kg in dogs, 0.03mg/kg in monkeys (by IV).
in comparison, the LD50 for cocaine is ~~95mg/kg. meaning fentanyl essentially has the same potential lethal dosage for having 47.5x LESS of the substance
as you can probably guess, many of the lowtime drug dealers will not know this knowledge. nor will they be careful in being exact, or even worry about cross contamination (with something that has such low potential lethal dosage, cross contamination is a huge issue. even 1 additional grain of fentanyl can mean the person lives or dies).
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