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Bottom line: Unexpected heavy sedation can make people vulnerable to assault and theft. Expect unexpected sedation with #medetomidine . Also, passed out in awkward positions can cause serious harms, see 'Saturday Night Palsy'

After its initial discovery in Philadelphia, Medetomidine has moved west turning up in dope samples in Pittsburgh, Chicago and now in postmortem tox in Michigan.. #drugchecking michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-m…

I should know. I was there. The same blocks they shut down under Ops Sunrise (apply named after a failed US program in South Vietnam) and Safe Streets are still owned by drug sets today.

“It’s all about enforcement.” Philly PD to begin second phase of Kensington cleanup. It will fail. Why? Because it has before. Operation Sunrise 1998 demonstrated that round the clock enforcement drains city resources & displaces crime temporarily nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pol…

Via CFSRE: a glimpse into Philly’s changing drug supply

Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic Raise Ethical, Legal Alarms filtermag.org/arrests-north-…

Fearmongering and spreading misinformation about fentanyl does not protect anyone from fentanyl. It only makes things worse for everyone.

“Fear, Loathing, and Fentanyl Misinformation: Misleading fentanyl narratives are pervasive and cause very real harm”
medpagetoday.com/opinion/toxico…

𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑰𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬:
𝙿𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚜𝚢𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚇𝚢𝚕𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙

*full statement below*
#NoMoreDrugWar

Louisiana House passes bill that would add mifepristone or the so-called abortion pill as a schedule IV controlled substance jezebel.com/louisiana-beco…

Real time #drugchecking in action: CFSRE, PAGROUNDHOGS, PDPH, and CRA reveal powerful new tranq in multiple cities

For second year, Erie County reports highest rate of opioid overdose among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. msn.com/en-us/health/o…

I predict we’re going to see this trend continue as street opioids contain less & less fentanyl and more tranquilizers (which alone are unlikely to cause fatal respiratory distress ).

U.S. Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time Since 2018. wsj.com/health/healthc…

In spite of increased seizures, influx of deadly street fentanyl reaching the U.S. continues to grow, research shows npr.org/2024/05/13/125…

In 2018 I strip tested this bag of dope on the streets of Kensington Phila b/c it was a new corner & had unusual texture. I sent it to some friends in California for lab testing. This year the lab retested it using a strip that didn’t exist six years ago. ->