The drug is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl, according to the DEA.
to kill an average-sized adult male, making it that much harder to detect by law enforcement. But carfentanil, one its many subtypes, is even deadlier.
"Carfentanil is a powerful form of fentanyl that has been linked to a significant number of overdose deaths nationwide," the public health unit wrote."In fact, the drug is so powerful that when veterinarians handle carfentanil, they use protective gear [so] they don't breathe it in." Caleb Banta-Green, a researcher and scientist at the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, said his biggest worry was that users don't know what they're getting into. But, he added, the drug's potency makes it profitable to make and distribute, even in small quantities.
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