itâs also just about simple size â stuff like fentanyl vs. morphine work by equivalency. so in the hospital a dose of fentanyl may technically be a lower number, like a microgram amount, but itâs on the same equivalency as a standard dose of 4mg of morphine. thatâs why cops are full of shit claiming this small amount will kill most people, they give those in medicinal doses. it simply saves space for the higher level dealers trying to avoid law detection. if i can take 1/100th the weight of a dose of heroin, then i can get more into one space. itâs pretty good business sense, except when it finally gets to a customer who believed they were getting something else, and doses the incorrect weight. however true, addicts become increasingly aware of this and adjust accordingly â a common technique is to break off a piece of pill, and smoke it to test if itâs a pressed one or not. onset is faster, so you can judge faster if you really got oxy, or if you got fentanyl. of course another danger is the distribution is not even, the pressed pills can have âhot spotsâ.
most âfake acidâ and stuff like that tends to be research chemicals that also work on serotonin to cause hallucinations, and âfake MDMAâ just amphetamines. never heard of anyone dying from these or even experiencing psychosis in the case of amphetamines passed off as MDMA, because of several factors. sometimes it may be because theyâve never had the real thing, and canât tell the difference, and these drugs donât tend to be abused by non-addicts (the research chemicals no one really abuses in excess, but there are definitely people who enjoy trying them out, and documenting them. these same types of people also try out things like fentanyl analogs, theyâre a great and helpful asset.)
so it is true it does largely depend on drug market, and who itâs being sold to. again a lot of this is very hard to prove in stats or numbers, since a lot of âdataâ we have isnt trustworthy, but itâs interesting there are websites that post samples that users send in to be tested. youâd be honest to god surprised at the stuff thatâs put into products, and a lot of it on face value doesnât seem like a great idea for business.
Thank you so much for these additions! It's so valuable to get the perspective of an addict and activist as my own is somewhat limited by me not having such a background, even as I try to be an ally to all kinds of users/addicts â¤ď¸