Heroin mixed with Fentanyl

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In a message dated 05-Jun-06 16:02:24 Central Daylight Time,

ExLngHrn@... writes:

CHICAGO - U.S. agents, working in cooperation with the Mexican government,

have closed down a lab in Mexico that might be the main source of a powerful

painkiller that has killed at least 100 heroin users in eight states, the

federal drug czar said Monday.

Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control

Policy, said it's still not clear whether the painkiller, fentanyl, was mixed

with heroin at the lab in Mexico or after it entered the United States.

Interestingly enough, one of the busts was here in St Louis over the

weekend...and the guy fingered as the main dealer is in the hospital recovering

from

his injuries incurred when he tried to flee the scene and injured a couple

of regional narcotic officers...

the class 1 felony charges against him include possession of controlled

dangerous substances, possession with intent to distribute and injury of a

peace

officer in the performance of his duties...and they were filed while 'the

accused' was 'in surgery at a local hospital'....

ck

S. Krin, DO FAAFP

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Interesting for those of us dealing with managing reactions to street drugs...

-Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, EMT-B

Austin, Texas

U.S.: Bad heroin may have come from busted Mexican lab

03:07 PM CDT on Monday, June 5, 2006

Associated Press

CHICAGO - U.S. agents, working in cooperation with the Mexican government, have

closed down a lab in Mexico that might be the main source of a powerful

painkiller that has killed at least 100 heroin users in eight states, the

federal drug czar said Monday.

Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control

Policy, said it's still not clear whether the painkiller, fentanyl, was mixed

with heroin at the lab in Mexico or after it entered the United States.

" There may be more than one source, " Walters said. " We think this is the

principal source. "

Five people were arrested during the May bust, including one Walters described

as " the chemist. " He referred specific questions to the U.S. Drug Enforcement

Agency, which declined to provide details immediately.

Walters said that the dealers may have started using Fentanyl because they were

looking for a competitive advantage on the street, but that inept mixing -- or

cutting -- of the drug combination made it deadly.

He also warned that millions of deadly doses of the fentanyl-laced heroin might

still be on the streets. Fentanyl-laced cocaine had turned up in some cities, as

well, he said.

Deaths caused by fentanyl-laced drugs have occurred in Illinois, Michigan,

Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and land, Walters said.

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Headline reads: " Bad heroin " may.......as opposed to the good stuff we have in

the vending machines at the local....... This one will show up on Jay Leno on a

Monday night in the near future!

Tater

ExLngHrn@... wrote:

Interesting for those of us dealing with managing reactions to street drugs...

-Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, EMT-B

Austin, Texas

U.S.: Bad heroin may have come from busted Mexican lab

03:07 PM CDT on Monday, June 5, 2006

Associated Press

CHICAGO - U.S. agents, working in cooperation with the Mexican government, have

closed down a lab in Mexico that might be the main source of a powerful

painkiller that has killed at least 100 heroin users in eight states, the

federal drug czar said Monday.

Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control

Policy, said it's still not clear whether the painkiller, fentanyl, was mixed

with heroin at the lab in Mexico or after it entered the United States.

" There may be more than one source, " Walters said. " We think this is the

principal source. "

Five people were arrested during the May bust, including one Walters described

as " the chemist. " He referred specific questions to the U.S. Drug Enforcement

Agency, which declined to provide details immediately.

Walters said that the dealers may have started using Fentanyl because they were

looking for a competitive advantage on the street, but that inept mixing -- or

cutting -- of the drug combination made it deadly.

He also warned that millions of deadly doses of the fentanyl-laced heroin might

still be on the streets. Fentanyl-laced cocaine had turned up in some cities, as

well, he said.

Deaths caused by fentanyl-laced drugs have occurred in Illinois, Michigan,

Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and land, Walters said.

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> Interestingly enough, one of the busts was here in St Louis over

the

> weekend...and the guy fingered as the main dealer is in the

hospital recovering from

> his injuries incurred when he tried to flee the scene and injured

a couple

> of regional narcotic officers...

>

I used to work for MedStar about a year and a half ago in Illinois in

the St. Louis Metroplex over the river--i.e. East St. Louis,

Washington Park, etc. I actually had a patient who admitted to

drawing out the Fentanyl in stolen pain patches and mainlining it; he

wouldn't admit to anything else. (Of course, this was only after

my " miraculous intubation " --he was breathing about 3/min with snoring

and severe cyanosis, etc., and as soon as I passed the tube

successfully through the chords, he started choking, opened his eyes,

and started trying to talk. I pulled the tube, and he was fine. We

hadn't given him any meds. One of those WTF stories.) Long story

short, he and his girlfriend had a long history of drug

abuse/overdose, and I managed to talk to distraught girlfriend into

giving EMS & Police all narcotics she knew of at the time in the

house--all prescription pain patches, pills, etc. hidden in advair

disks. After finding out more about the couple, I was curious how

fair the rabbit hole went with them; they'd been busted so many times

for this illegally-obtained pain meds, but would never give up the

supplier.

OK, sorry for an absolute waste of a read.