Connecticut officials warn of marijuana laced with fentanyl after reports of overdoses

[AZProgressive]

Health officials in Connecticut are warning residents about the possibility of fentanyl-laced marijuana circulating around the state.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health on Thursday said they have received nearly 40 reports of people who experienced opioid overdose symptoms and required naloxone, a drug used to reverse narcotic overdoses, for treatment. The patients claimed to have only smoked marijuana and denied ingesting any type of opioid.

Authorities said the cases were “dispersed across Connecticut.”

In October, authorities managed to secure a sample of marijuana at a scene of one of the overdoses in Plymouth, Conn. An analysis of the sample confirmed the marijuana was laced with fentanyl.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/582390-connecticut-officials-warn-of-marijuana-laced-with-fentanyl-after

I’m glad that cannabis is legal here so I don’t have to worry about this kind of thing.

[Voltaire2]

1. What kind of horrible ditch weed was this

such that the dealer had to lace it with fentanyl?

[rickyhall]

2. Why recreational drugs should be legal and regulated.

[mountain grammy]

4. Exactly!

and why we grew our own before it was legal and regulated.

[happybird]

3. OK, now I'm really wondering if this is

to intentionally cause a physical addiction. Wasn’t sure when it was mixed with cocaine because that’s already cut with all sorts of crap, but this is just downright weird. Can’t think of another plausible reason why anyone would put fentanyl in weed.

[bluedigger]

5. Why create a fentanyl addiction in people who just want to smoke weed?

They wouldn't even know what to look for to fix their jones.

[happybird]

6. They might just recognize that they don't feel sick

anymore after they smoke? And not connect it with opioid addiction since they only smoke weed (or so they think)? Idk. The whole thing is crazy.