In all honesty, this drug is an entirely new ball game. So what can you do to keep yourself and you friends safe? In Alberta alone last year 120 people died after ingesting fentanyl and January to August saw 488 deaths from overdose in BC alone, a 61.6% increase from the same time period last year. It is estimated that 25% of overdoses last year involves Fentanyl which is significantly higher then the 5% estimate only 3 years earlier. Being 100 times more toxic than morphine it has an incredibly small margin of error and this makes cutting other drugs with it phenomenally dangerous. The problem with Fentanyl lies in its potency due to the sheer strength of it doctors only prescribe it to patients who have used opioids before (opiate based painkillers) because you need a significant level of tolerance to be able to handle it. Mass manufactured and able to order with door to door delivery makes it an incredibly accessible drug and, although the bulk of its popularity comes from those with painkiller dependencies, it has become the go to drug of choice for dealers when cutting recreational drugs. It has revolutionised the illegal drug trade and in about five years has become the most lucrative drug on the market. It takes very little set up to begin producing and the return is enormous. It is incredibly addictive and the reason for its booming popularity is that a minuscule amount can deliver a heroin like high. It can kill you!įentanyl is a synthetic painkiller estimated to be at least 80 times more powerful than morphine and hundred of times more powerful than heroin.

While there is no judging or drawing a conclusion on this, it is important to talk about the increase of these drugs being laced with Fentanyl.

A huge number of gay men enjoy partaking and dabbling in recreational drugs. Like or not, the gay community are heavy drug users, especially those who circuit. There is a crisis on our hands and its time to roll up our sleeves and do what we do best, tackle it head on. This article was published on November 21st, 2016

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