Dated Feb. 22, 2019, under the title "Use of counter-WMD authorities to combat fentanyl," the memo said the toxic painkiller would be identified as a WMD "when certain criteria are met," and that DHS officials have "long regarded fentanyl as a chemical weapons threat."
Fentanyl is one of the most potent synthetic opioids out there, is considered to be 100 times more potent than morphine. Pain management physicians prescribe fentanyl to patients who experience severe pain but is also sold illegally.
The illegal form of fentanyl has been responsible for a massive spike in opioid-related deaths from 2011 to 2018. In 2017, approximately 28,000 Americans fatally overdosed on the drug.
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WMDs- we can invade China now! Let’s Roll!!
ReplyDeleteSo my prescribed pain meds are cut back,again, because people are overdosing on a totally different drug? Nice. Without them I will no longer be able to work and will be forced to apply for disability, instead of contributing to society.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand and can relate
DeleteIT'S really a crime what is happening to those in severe
ReplyDeletepain who need these drugs to survive and also to those
going through an extremely painful surgery.
Can there be no mercy shown for a legit patient from our
Doctors who legally prescribe these pain killers and keep
"track" of the patient?
My God , people will be afraid to get needed surgery now
in fear of the horrific pain they will have to endure because
ample pain meds won't be prescribed!!
Believe me , I 've had many surgeries, have had oxycodone and
wished I could have been prescribed higher dosage and longer
period of time because my pain was so bad and wearing me down.
God help me if I had to have surgery now !!!!!