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Bingo!

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[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 year ago

"Possible"

Possibly police are fucking liars.

[-] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

What would they be lying about here? The woman said she thought her dog was overdosing.

[-] aport@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago

The woman also said this was the second time it has happened. A researcher in the article mentioned a dog would need to ingest fentanyl through its nose to overdose, which unfortunately sounds plausible for a doggie to do.

[-] Master@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I dont know... you dont see many puppies carrying around a ceramic pad and a razor blade...

And I've never seen one roll a dollar bill.

[-] FancyManacles@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“It is not possible to overdose by touching or accidentally inhaling fentanyl, and the same would apply to non-human animals as well,” Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, told The Times on Saturday.

So the dog couldn't have inhaled it then if the story is to be believed because the dog isn't going to intentionally inhale it

Because the drug is poorly absorbed through the stomach, he said, an animal would probably have to ingest the substance through its nose in order to overdose.

Yeah, this is definitely a made up story as others have said. Dog is still lucky it wasn't shot on account of it being a dog near police though.

[-] aport@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago

Trash people and pitbulls, name a more iconic duo

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

Cops and pretending to OD on fent by simply touching a container.

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Man, it would be great if highly-potent fentanyl that could be administered by just skin contact were available to addicts. Think of how many public health problems disappear by eliminating the need to inject. Not to mention you should be able to get very consistent dosing by just counting patches.

There are fentanyl formulations for patch administration, but they have WAY less potency and are quite niche in application. Not something that has recreational application.

I don't know of any drug that makes drug enforcement police less cowardly, though.

Fentanyl patches are most definitely a thing, but they aren't given out much anymore, AFAIK. People do use them recreationally, but normally by chewing on small bits of the patch or smoking it somehow. It is super dangerous and I have heard of many people ODing that way, because the patches have time released dosages on them.

I knew a kid in high school that had stomach cancer and was prescribed fentanyl patches. He would trade the patches to junkies for weed, because he hated them. This was before medical marijuana so doctors were still throwing out opiates at everything.

I think that you are right that the patches are less potent when used correctly, but addicts aren't doing that when they get their hands on them. I think they have definitely cut down on giving them out nowadays, though.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You cut the patches up and chew on them to release the fetty faster than it would be released transdermally.

Or so I've heard...

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

A container that may or may not contain anything resembling fent.

[-] aport@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Did the officers in this case do that? I must have missed that part of the article

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They gave medication used for an OD to a dog. Dogs do not react the same to fent, and it would require much more for them to OD on it. So yes, still overreacting to fake incidents. Maybe you should read the post with a bit more skepticism for the people pretending you can OD by touching a plastic bag.

[-] aport@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It was the dog's owner who indicated the pet was overdosing, and mentioned that it had happened before. I'm not considering anything said by the police in this case.

Good luck with your grudge though.

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The cops said the lady told them. And we have no reason left to believe them when it comes to fentanyl. This has nothing to do with a grudge, so no reason to get your feelings hurt.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Cops and lying

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Would need b to be in a Florida Walmart for a bingo.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, it was only 10 miles from a large Disney theme park...

PS: not all Bingos need the center square.

[-] hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe it was a baggie on the ground of the car; we really don’t know,” Oldoerp said. “If they’re using drugs in their car, we can only speculate.”

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