Spring break fears as Florida flooded
with deadly party drugs which could be
'100% fentanyl' - dealers exploit chaos
to peddle illegal substances and target
youngsters on social media
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Lewis Pennock
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
3/17/2024 6:14:29 PM
Dealers are flooding Florida with bogus party drugs that could be '100 percent fentanyl' as they exploit the spring break madness, state officials warn.
They are using social media to advertise drugs including Xanax, cocaine and ecstasy to tens of thousands of students who have descended on the Sunshine State – but law enforcement chiefs fear the substances are mixed with deadly amounts of fentanyl.
Health officials are also braced for a spike in accidental overdoses amid the surge, with one charity expecting to hand out 5,000 doses of naloxone – which is used to reverse the fentanyl's effects – to partygoers.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/17/2024 6:28:31 PM (No. 1679708)
Spring break at South Lsguna included booz but no drugs. No dealers involved unless bartenders included and no one could afford bars.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 3/17/2024 6:58:14 PM (No. 1679724)
It takes a special kind of suicidal stupid to take some unknown crap from some unknown criminal and ingest it....knowing that a literal grain of salt sized bit of fentanyl will KILL YOU.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 3/17/2024 7:19:27 PM (No. 1679736)
Yeah? So what?
I have absolutely NO sympathy - none - for any moron that ingests street drugs. Anyone with that kind of judgment deficit is going to wind up going badly, one way or another.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Dipi 3/17/2024 7:24:14 PM (No. 1679740)
Spring break consist of adult students who are out to have a good time. They are all adults and know about the problem with drugs and alcohol, and if they screw up and end dead as a result, it is on them. I hate to say this, but it is the truth since we are responsible for our actions, and not someone else. My suggestion to them is to go ahead and have a good time and to think about the consequences of screwing up because of the booze and drugs, and think about their future and families. A good time and ending up dead because of stupidity will do nothing but bring sorrow to their loved ones. While you are going to have a good time, it is also wise to think about your future and your families. Just remember that anything in excess, can lead to sorrow and possibly death in the end.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Hazymac 3/17/2024 7:32:29 PM (No. 1679742)
For a variety of reasons, buying drugs off the street is like playing Russian roulette. There's no way to know what one is getting. It might be anything, and nowadays "anything" might be fentanyl. Two milligrams is considered a fatal dose, like ten to fifteen grains of salt. Some counterfeit pills contain up to 5.1 mg of fentanyl, enough to kill anyone. Another thing the drug buyer has to consider is the probability of getting busted (or bursted, if you prefer) if you don't know your dealer. Within a month people who buy illegal drugs off the street have a 50/50 chance of running afoul of the vice squad and seeing the inside of a jail. If they live.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 3/17/2024 7:37:12 PM (No. 1679744)
Has fentanyl - - or any ther narcotic drug - - ever killed anyone who didn't ingest it?
I mean - - if a fentanyl pill fell out of a tree - - and landed on my head - - would it kill me?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/17/2024 8:14:14 PM (No. 1679768)
Partying and sex, Drugs and alcohol only spoil the partying and the sex.
Spring Break is cherry busting time, not a time for fentanyl.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Scribelus 3/17/2024 8:32:19 PM (No. 1679786)
What’s the surprise? Look at how many otherwise sentient humans vote Democrat.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 3/17/2024 9:09:07 PM (No. 1679811)
Think of it as winnowing.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 3/17/2024 10:32:57 PM (No. 1679839)
Personally, I don't care. Anyone who uses hard drugs in today's world is a damned fool who ignores all the stories of the dangers.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JimBob 3/18/2024 12:53:55 AM (No. 1679878)
Agreed, no sympathy for the druggies.
Anyone stupid enough to take something 'off the street' will do American society a favor by thusely removing themselves from it.
Darwin Awards, anyone?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 3/18/2024 11:38:09 AM (No. 1680186)
Re #6, not sure about killed, but police officers have been at least been made severely sick from just touching a package with fentanyl with bare hands, it can go thru the skin, and so little is required to cause problems, that even that thru the skin is serious.
Cops have been trained to never handle stuff from a suspect without wearing nitrile gloves which will stop this stuff.
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