How to Look Into Your Drugs for Fentanyl

Risks of Fentanyl-Laced Drugs

Fentanyl is a class of synthetic opioids 100 times stronger than morphine. Initially, it was made to be a potent prescription pain medication for post-surgery pain and cancer pain. It is now being illicitly manufactured to be used for lacing all types of street drugs. This illegal fentanyl is created with different potencies, and the presence of fentanyl in illicit drugs is causing a spike in unintentional drug overdoses.

When street drugs are laced with illegally manufactured fentanyl, there is no way of knowing how strong the batch is, and even the equivalent of a couple of grains of sand is enough to cause fatal overdoses. Fentanyl is less expensive than other opiates and much stronger, which makes it an attractive substance to cut a wide range of drugs to increase profits. However, drug dealers are unaware of the potency and unintentionally put deadly amounts into their drugs.