Be Careful! Deadly Fentanyl Now Being Found In MarijuanaPeople across the Delaware valley have been dying left and right from using heroin that was laced with Fentanyl. The drug only takes a tiny amount to kill, and now authorities are reporting that they have found the deadly drug being mixed in weed!
DEA officials say drug traffickers use fentanyl to make their product more competitive because it provides a better high. But it can be deadly.Fentanyl is showing up in Marijuana and threatening lives according to the Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed to our Milwaukee affiliate WISN-TV Wednesday.
“You're probably talking about people, who are not experienced, who have not built up a tolerance to opioids being introduced to fentanyl, a very powerful opiod,” Bob Bell, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge said. “And it can immediately be lights out.”
Drug traffickers use fentanyl to make their product more competitive and give a better high, according to the DEA.
The DEA said just two milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill most people if found in marijuana.
Bell said drug traffickers can lace drugs with powder in a simple way, or put the fentanyl in a liquid solution to apply to the marijuana. Bell said it can be mixed in “real gross, non-pharmaceutical way.” -(WAOW, ABC 9)