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Girafferage t1_j0kexpp wrote

Reply to comment by WestCoastSurfGod in Scientists Create a Vaccine Against Fentanyl by agaperion

They will still overreact to being exposed to it, because just like before, it can't be absorbed through your skin. You have to intentionally take it. Police that pretend to react to it are almost certainly having panic attacks because of fear of it due to insanely low understanding of how it works.

Honestly this vaccine could just be a piece of wood. "Bite down on this and avoid injecting anything into your body and you can't be exposed to fentanyl".

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danielv123 t1_j0l9xaj wrote

Except it could also helps addicts for example, or people who are exposed to it other ways (is spiking drinks with it a thing?)

I am sure quite a few people would want this.

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Girafferage t1_j0lezxn wrote

For sure. But in the case of police coming into contact with it, it means next to nothing, since they weren't affected to begin with.

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BoxOfDemons t1_j0m0f62 wrote

It can be absorbed through skin. They make fentanyl patches. I'm not saying it absorbs great through the skin, or that there's any risk getting a small amount on you as a first responder, but they do in fact make fentanyl skin patches.

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sharkpilot t1_j0m552t wrote

They make nicotine patches too, but you're not satisfying your cigarette craving by rubbing a handful of loose tobacco on your arm.

The patches are a preparation specifically designed to be absorbed through the skin. Other forms do not work the same way.

First responders need to take precautions to protect themselves from myriad things, but the threat of "skin absorbed fentanyl" is incredibly low. The stories you hear are largely overblown attempts to score some copaganda points and perpetuate an ineffectual "War on Drugs." It's not about keeping officers safe, it's about maintaining funding.

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BoxOfDemons t1_j0m8hgw wrote

>The patches are a preparation specifically designed to be absorbed through the skin. Other forms do not work the same way.

It's just normal fentanyl and I believe some patches heat up slightly because that helps absorbtion. The thing is, the patches stay on for DAYS because of how slow the absorbtion of fentanyl is through the skin. But they've been known to kill children.

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juan-love t1_j0kwcw0 wrote

Fentanyl can be snorted or ingested too though?

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Girafferage t1_j0l2fmg wrote

Not if there is blocks of wood in your nose and mouth. Blocks of wood are OP

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