USA. Fentanyl Isn’t Being Cut Into the Cocaine Supply. Here’s Why.
USA. Fentanyl Isn’t Being Cut Into the Cocaine Supply. Here’s Why.
Over the course of my 28 years in prison, I’ve known a lot of people who sold drugs. I sold meth for about 20 years altogether, both inside and outside prison. Like with any other job, drug-selling is generally something people do with the intention of making money. This is the main reason people who sell cocaine aren’t putting fentanyl in their supply on purpose.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the media portray “fentanyl-laced” cocaine as the result of transnational trafficking organizations just putting fentanyl in all state-banned drugs indiscriminately. This is supposedly in order to get customers addicted more quickly, despite the fact that not all people are prone to becoming addicted to the same things.
While there is sometimes fentanyl in cocaine, it’s something that happens neither intentionally nor on a mass scale. It’s a localized supply chain error—dangerous for the individual buyers affected, but not a widespread public health threat. (Filter, USA, 31.10.2023)