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Thanks for commenting - as always, the devil is in the details.

Would any IV drug user risk getting a 'hot shot' if they had access to a supply of known potency?




There will always be people that push the envelope because they are suicidal. But funny enough buying pure fentanyl is one of the only ways to get a powerful opiate with a known potency.

You cant trust street dope because of the fentanyl, but if you order a pure fentanyl analog from China, and you are smart about dosing using volumetric dilution, you can be very aware exactly how much you are taking. Whereas with street dope, you will never know.

But by definition, a supply of known potency will never cause a "hot shot" as long as you are being smart and responsible.

The problem is some people don't "feel" high until they are pushing the limits of respiratory depression, so you will have people overdosing no matter what.

I've known people that overdosed, were revived at the hospital, only to go home and shoot up again and die. Its very sad.




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