RW3Bro t1_jcniqdl wrote
Reply to comment by FentCheck in A reminder about harm reduction! by FentCheck
Again, you are offering a binary test. That doesn’t detect the strength of fentanyl in a substance, only the presence. That’s not useful for powder drugs because there are 950mg of untested substances and it’s not helpful for pills because it doesn’t detect hotspots. It’s irresponsible to say that this will reduce harm for the average weekend cocaine/ketamine user.
FentCheck OP t1_jcnje8w wrote
Again, I will refer you to our website, where we explain that we are giving access to recreational drug users the informed consent on if what they’re about to consume has fentanyl or not. For which, these test strips are forensically your best tool. It’s irresponsible to think that fentanyl isn’t so severely devastating to someone who doesn’t mean to ingest it, like all of the underage users and everyone making this the number one cause of death for Americans ages 18-45
RW3Bro t1_jcnogmv wrote
Your website recommends testing 50mg. Fentanyl’s LD50 is a little less than 10mg. Are you really saying that testing 5% of a gram is enough to make an informed decision when 1% is enough to kill? What about the other 95%?
FentCheck OP t1_jcnpjo8 wrote
The test strips detect 10 nano grams per milliliter. A gram is 1000 milligrams. There are 1000 nano grams in a milligram. Yes.
RW3Bro t1_jcns7hi wrote
I don’t doubt that your test detects fentanyl extremely accurately in whatever it samples. But that’s only enough to make a determination about the 50mg which is consumed by the reagent test. There are 950 untested milligrams remaining, of which 10mg is enough to kill.
FentCheck OP t1_jcnsy0o wrote
First, 2 mg can kill. Not 10. That’s why a test strip that is SO sensitive that can detect 10 nano grams is so important Test all of your drug. It’s about what you are about to ingest. Be safe
RW3Bro t1_jcnubi4 wrote
And how can you test all of it unless you dissolve it all in water?
FentCheck OP t1_jcnylsc wrote
FTS can detect 10 nano grams of fentanyl per ml. Fact. So 2 mg - 2000 micrograms or 200000 nanogqms. The test can detect 10 nano grams per ml.
FentCheck OP t1_jcnyvlt wrote
They’re so sensitive, you can dump your coke out of the baggie and test the bag itself. I don’t want to keep engaging with misinformation, fentanyl test strips aren’t new and the science supports us helping folks survive nightlife.
RW3Bro t1_jcr2ba9 wrote
You keep calling me misinformed and regurgitating product facts (that I never disagreed with) instead of engaging with my point, which is that your tests are not a useful safety tool unless the tested mixture is homogenous - which cross-contaminated powders would not be.
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