New-Vegetable-1274 t1_isv2x2i wrote on October 18, 2022 at 10:27 PM

How's your math, they say 3 milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill the average person. Fentanyl can be deadly if airborne in high concentrations in confined spaces. If the fire hadn't occurred and that 20 lbs was some how released in his apartment it would have killed everyone in the building. There needs to be legislation that would make fentanyl possession a serious enough crime to carry a many decades in prison sentence without parole.

AchillesDev t1_isvjxhs wrote on October 19, 2022 at 12:34 AM

>Fentanyl can be deadly if airborne in high concentrations in confined spaces.

There's no such thing as deadly airborne fentanyl.

TheSublimeGoose t1_isvwpz2 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:08 AM

While you’re correct regarding the hysteria surrounding airborne/skin-contact fentanyl, you’re wildly incorrect about the dosages.

Funny that you mention the LD50 of mice, but not of monkeys, which is as low as 0.03mg/kg (IM/IV).

You’re talking about micrograms (mcg). Your wife didn’t receive more than 3mg. She’d very likely be dead or at least have been quite sick.

AchillesDev t1_isw0thi wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:40 AM

>Funny that you mention the LD50 of mice, but not of monkeys

That was all I could find for a quick search.

>You’re talking about micrograms (mcg). Your wife didn’t receive more than 3mg

You're right. Misread on my part.

TheSublimeGoose t1_iswquri wrote on October 19, 2022 at 7:13 AM

No worries

Also, fentanyl can most certainly be deadly when airborne. You’d have to walk into a fresh cloud of it, but it’s possible if a large bag of it ripped open, something like that. Something that you’re unlikely to encounter, obviously.

The reports regarding first responders have largely (like 99%) been hysteria manifesting itself as physical symptoms (fainting, dizziness, etc) but there have been a few cases of FRs being legitimately exposed.