![]() ![]() But that doesn’t mean that they’re somehow second-rate. They’re described as such because there aren’t as many fun - and potentially punishable - reefer rituals associated with their use. “Why would I want to do that,” you ask? Because tinctures have been described as the most underrated of all the pot products. “I hope the state can run down the source of these overdoses and respond accordingly,” he said.Are you ready for a taste of the least controversial method of consuming cannabis ever? Try a tincture. In any event, even if this is a case of for-real fentanyl-tainted marijuana, it’s an argument in favor of marijuana legalization and a safe cannabis supply, not against it, Humphreys added. “If it were high we would have thousands of cases like this rather than dozens.” “As with cocaine and meth, the proportion of all cannabis that has fentanyl in it/on it is at the moment at least surely low,” said Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. There’s still nothing to indicate that there’s a batch of fentanyl tainted pot out there, let alone that this is something weed smokers need to start worrying about. More information is needed.”Īs with fentanyl-tainted cocaine and methamphetamine, there are myriad explanations for how and why this could happen, ranging from the nefarious to the extremely dumb. “I say this because some people who use drugs intentionally mix fentanyl into their drug product. “Even if the marijuana samples collected at the scene do test positive for fentanyl, this is only one step closer to suggesting that it was actually contaminated with fentanyl,” he added. “And all we need is for one idiot to think it’s a good idea to mix fentanyl in marijuana and we can have a cluster of overdoses.” “Reckless intentional or unintentional mixing of drugs can happen,” he said. Joseph Palamar, a physician and researcher at New York University Langone Health, where he is an associate professor who specializes in drug use. “Reports like this have surfaced before, but this is the first time I’m hearing about clusters of such incidents,” said Dr. Did they handle fentanyl and then handle their weed? Sure, that’s possible.įor all these reasons, drug-policy experts contacted for comment also cautioned that too little is known to draw any conclusions, but the case is at least worth following. ![]() Thus, any flame hot enough to combust plant material should destroy fentanyl.įurther, there’s no indication yet that the individuals observed overdosing who claimed to have only used marijuana are telling the whole truth.ĭid they take a hit of fentanyl or what they thought was heroin-and then smoke weed? Maybe. Fentanyl burns at a lower temperature than cannabis. This won’t satisfy skeptics, who note that the mechanics of smoking marijuana mean that ingesting fentanyl along with it is a practical impossibility. Police in Plymouth did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday seeking more details about the case in question. “To try and decide whether it’s something real or just an urban legend is important for public safety and public health.” ![]() “Marijuana and fentanyl has been sort of an urban legend for a couple years now,” he added. 15 bulletin, he said, was merely to report that, for now, the old myth might have real legs. One thing HIDTA is not doing, Lawlor stressed, is telling everyone smoking cannabis to look for fentanyl. “So, why is this happening? What is the purpose of behind putting it in marijuana? Those are some of the questions that are still out there.” “From a business standpoint, it doesn’t make sense to put fentanyl on marijuana,” he added. It’s also unclear if the individual in question also had fentanyl, and then contaminated their own cannabis. What’s also unclear is whether this is a freak, one-off incident or part of a (albeit limited) pattern. “We have some of those same questions,” he said, noting that the Connecticut state crime lab contacted other labs with more sophisticated equipment to see if they could determine other facts of the case, such as the exact fentanyl analogue detected. But as for how the fentanyl got there-did the user sprinkle a few flakes on his weed? Did he think he was using cocaine or something else that was tainted with marijuana? Did the lab screw up?-is still unknown, as HIDTA drug intelligence officer Robert Lawlor said in a phone interview on Wednesday. ![]()
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