Il Fentanyl Fortunately, it is not yet an emergency in our country, but the authorities are already alert. It is also called the zombie drug, because it turns its users into the walking dead.
In the United States the situation is out of control: there are 200 deaths per day from overdose, 100,000 in 2022 alone. It is also spreading in several European countries, especially Portugal and Great Britain. In Italy the Financial Police recently seized 100,000 doses in Piacenzaready to be placed on the illegal market.
What is Fentanyl? Up to a hundred times more powerful than morphine, 50 times more powerful than heroin
In reality it is a drug used in pain therapybut it provokes a strong state of euphoria that leads to its use and abuse as a narcotic substance. It is in fact a powerful opioid synthetic with analgesic and anesthetic use.
As a painkiller it has effects similar to those of morphine, but it is up to a hundred times stronger. Compared to heroin it has fifty times greater potency.
It is used for treatment of severe painafter major surgery or in oncology, when the pain resulting from a tumor is unbearable.
What are the side effects?
His main problem is the dependence, when used outside medical supervision. Enough only 2-3 milligrams of this substance to kill a person by suffocation.
Among the most common side effects, in addition to addiction, are:
nausea, dizziness, vomiting, fatigue, headache, constipation, anemia, peripheral edema.
How can you find Fentanyl?
Fentanyl can be purchased in pharmacies with a medical prescription, which can be used only once. The problem is that doses can also be purchased on the deep and dark web.
Il deep web it is made up of pages not indexed by search engines, such as the databases of government bodies or those of companies, but also of contents that have a particular access system, such as forums or chats. The dark web however, it can only be achieved with particular applications. Here lies the darkest and most illegal part of the internet, from drug dealing, to the sale of weapons, up to the possibility of having false documents.
As for pharmacies, the police authorities ask to strengthen vigilance to avoid thefts and to ensure that sales with medical prescriptions are also reported, without prejudice to the right to privacy that every patient has.
At the same time, the government plan provides for careful monitoring so that there is the possibility of having widespread availability in pharmacies throughout the national territory. drugs that counteract the harmful effects of Fentanylsuch as Naloxone.