when I read that I thought, well, that is odd, there's a money discrepancy there

The idea is that crooks would have some incentive to put a faint dusting on 5% THC ditch weed and it would simulate 25% primo.

But I'm guessing the profit margin selling fentanyl-laced opioids is higher.

I had to go see if smoking fentanyl was even possible, and it is, but it probably has to be done like crack. So one could have weed laced with it, but as you note it seems really unlikely.

Hell, cannabis has become expensive enough--even in legal states--even that made for limited veterinary uses, apparently. There would be zero incentive to "give away" the fentanyl value for any cannabis product.

Selection of pristine fresh bud to choose from. Commercially grown and sealed-packaged, never bricked. Purity completely trustworthy from seed to cash register. THC level analyzed, terpene highlights stated, as is strain (indica, sativa, hybrid). Typically a hundred varieties available any given day, most not in oz, but 7g or 3.5g.

Still about $35-50 US / quarter (7g). Prices include all tax. Powder (25%, most economical), pre-rolls, edibles, and beverages available.

Price of black market weed going up due to enforcement continuing, becoming really goofy to buy weed illegally, downsides with little upside.

I have no idea why this is being done. Or how often.

But arrests were made in southern vermont following reports of overdose related to marijuana laced w/fentanyl


https://www.wcax.com/2021/12/02/search-warrant-turns-up-more-marijuana-laced-with-fentanyl/

https://www.wcax.com/2021/11/22/fentanyl-lace-marijuana-causes-overdose-vermont/

Anyone who even remotely understands the opioid/fentanyl issue knows that lacing drugs with other drugs is a time honored thing. Less addictive drugs are COMMONLY laced with addictive drugs in order to maintain the need chain.

Fentanyl is addictive and deadly. Make no mistake, you risk your life counting on some drug dealers chemistry abilities when consuming any street drug.

The amount of fentanyl required to adulterate illegal drugs effectively, and potentially deadly, is minuscule. A salt grain sized particle is sufficient to wipe out you and your family if ingested.

Do not believe that there are safe levels of illegal fentanyl, do not believe that test strips will tell you whether or not fentanyl is present in any drugs you buy off the street. There are forms of fentanyl that defy generally available test regimes.

Methadone treatment centers are required to do urine tests on program participants, at least in my state, and they CONSISTENTLY come back positive for fentanyl. The participants CONSISTENTLY claim they only used “pot”, would never use fentanyl.

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