Data consistently shows that opiate users figure heavily in the overdose crisis-and there is no apocalypse of overdoses among cannabis users. This suggests that if fentanyl-tainted cannabis exists, it is a rare occurrence, less reliable than a winning lottery ticket. Last summer, the Journal of the American Pharmacy Association published a case report that noted a 50-year-old man in treatment for opiate addiction. The man kept testing positive for fentanyl-but then started testing clean “after changing the source from which he bought cannabis,” according to the report, the lone example of cannabis tainted by fentanyl in the public literature available on PubMed. Even the report’s authors had no idea how likely fentanyl-tainted weed might be. “Although the concern regarding adulteration of cannabis exists, there is no systematic monitoring or reliable data on its frequency or the magnitude of its effect,” they wrote. Though some drug users seek out fentanyl, and carry naloxone or other overdose agonists as a precaution, most theories of accidental fentanyl contamination go something like this. The retail-level drug seller has a diversified offering: cocaine, mushrooms, maybe some MDMA as well as weed and pills. Somehow surfaces-a bag, a gloved hand, whatever-become contaminated with fentanyl, that later contaminates other drugs. ![]() ![]() Let’s say some fentnanyl-tainted cocaine touches a table or countertop. Then the next thing dumped out is a bag of weed.
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