Smugglers' Blues
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Actually, smugglers' bonanza:
Customs and Border Protection seized more fentanyl so far in 2021 than all of 2020.
As of April, 6,494 pounds of fentanyl were seized by authorities at the border, compared to 4,776 pounds in all of 2020. In fact, fentanyl seizures have been increasing since 2018.
Fentanyl is an incredibly potent opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine, according to Dr. Darien Sutton, an emergency medicine physician based in Los Angeles and ABC News contributor.
"People don't realize how dangerous it is," he said.
As a physician, Sutton administers fentanyl in micrograms and said that the more than 6,000 pounds seized by the CBP is incomprehensible.
"When you talk about that amount, how many communities and people that will affect and how many deaths that will be associated with (more than 6,000 pounds of fentanyl) you can't even comprehend it just because it's not fathomable," he said.
Just to put things into perspective, when I put someone to sleep for heart surgery, I would give 2 milligrams. That's about 1/15 of an ounce. Within 20 seconds of the drug going in, the patient would be apneic.
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The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I know a number of people who have lost close family members to this drug. I guess most of us probably do.
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@george-k said in Smugglers' Blues:
Just to put things into perspective, when I put someone to sleep for heart surgery, I would give 2 milligrams. That's about 1/15 of an ounce. Within 20 seconds of the drug going in, the patient would be apneic.
Is your math right? An ounce is 28349.52 milligrams. 1/15 of an ounce would be closer to two grams, enough to kill pretty much everyone you know.
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@mik said in Smugglers' Blues:
@george-k said in Smugglers' Blues:
Just to put things into perspective, when I put someone to sleep for heart surgery, I would give 2 milligrams. That's about 1/15 of an ounce. Within 20 seconds of the drug going in, the patient would be apneic.
Is your math right? An ounce is 28349.52 milligrams. 1/15 of an ounce would be closer to two grams, enough to kill pretty much everyone you know.
You're right. I'd give 2000 micrograms, but often as little as 1000.
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
