Real Talk About Fake Pills

 

Have you heard the word “Fentapill”? It’s the catch-name for millions of fake prescription pills that have flooded the market since 2014. Drug dealers are in it for the money, so as long as there’s a demand for Xanax, Oxycodone, Percocet, and the like, they will find the easiest, most profitable way to supply them. Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) have been pressing fake pills using fentanyl as the active ingredient since 2014. Why? Because it’s cheap and strong so it goes a long way. Fentapills cost almost nothing to make so every dollar the dealers take in goes right into their pockets. That’s nearly 100% profit.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. It works by binding to the body’s opioid receptors found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions. Its effects include extreme happiness, drowsiness, nausea, confusion, constipation, sedation, tolerance, addiction, respiratory depression and arrest, unconsciousness, coma, and death. Fentanyl is a major contributor to fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the U.S.

Pill pressers are not pharmacists and they do not have quality control labs. They make their pill batches in the garage. That means some percentage of the Fentapills they sell are loaded with deadly doses of fentanyl. What percentage? There’s the catch, no one really knows. Authorities estimate there could be between 300-500 million fentapills in circulation at any given time. A small fraction of that number is enough to kill thousands of people.

Bottom Line – Do Not Buy or Take Random Pills! Assume that any “prescription” pill you buy outside of proper channels is FAKE and more importantly, very possibly DEADLY.

Source: https://www.songforcharlie.org/real-talk-about-fake-pills?gclid=CjwKCAjw6MKXBhA5EiwANWLODF2fPL9TRE-btD2aSlD63DrPby74etw-xhh3kLhl-xvxsCcGuv0afRoC8q8QAvD_BwE