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MYTH: You canoverdose by touching fentenyl. FACTS!
No, you can/t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl
Here is the truth behind the myth and three other common myths about fentanyl.
Here is the truth behind four common myths about fentanyl.
Myth: You can overdose by touching an item containing fentanyl.
Fentanyl isn't absorbed well by the skin. For fentanyl to have a physical effect on the body,
it must enter the bloodstream.
The symptoms people have reported when claiming they've touched fentanyl-laced items,
such as dizziness, heart rate increases and passing out, aren't consistent with a fentanyl overdose,
Myth: Breathing air in a room with fentanyl can make you sick.
Medical experts said this is false.
That's because fentanyl isn't volatile, meaning it doesn't easily become a vapor.
Myth: Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. are increasing because immigrants
are smuggling the drug through "open borders".Â
This is False.
most fentanyl is seized at official ports of entry and not between them,
where most migrants try to cross the border,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows.
And in 2022, 89% of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers were U.S. citizens.
"Drug traffickers deal with professionals, not amateurs, and they prefer U.S. citizens,"
Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies,
a progressive Washington, D.C.-based think tank, told PolitiFact in 2022.
Myth: Fentanyl smells like popcorn when it burns.
This is False.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fentanyl is odorless and tasteless
There is no evidence that burning or smoking fentanyl will produce a popcorn-like scent,
Updated with work
Updated with source links.
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No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl - Poynter
This fact check was originally published by PolitiFact, which is part of the Poynter Institute.
See the sources for this fact check here.
PolitiFact | Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl
From Poynter Institute
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BIGGEST MYTH:
We sometimes allow veering into the discussion of politics/politicians IF you slide into it gently enough....
I got the dings if you got the faith that is true.
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original post:
MYTH: You canoverdose by touching fentenyl. FACTS!
No, you can/t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl
Here is the truth behind the myth and three other common myths about fentanyl.
Here is the truth behind four common myths about fentanyl.
Myth: You can overdose by touching an item containing fentanyl.
Fentanyl isn't absorbed well by the skin. For fentanyl to have a physical effect on the body,
it must enter the bloodstream.
The symptoms people have reported when claiming they've touched fentanyl-laced items,
such as dizziness, heart rate increases and passing out, aren't consistent with a fentanyl overdose,
Myth: Breathing air in a room with fentanyl can make you sick.
Medical experts said this is false.
That's because fentanyl isn't volatile, meaning it doesn't easily become a vapor.
Myth: Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. are increasing because immigrants
are smuggling the drug through "open borders".Â
This is False.
most fentanyl is seized at official ports of entry and not between them,
where most migrants try to cross the border,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows.
And in 2022, 89% of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers were U.S. citizens.
"Drug traffickers deal with professionals, not amateurs, and they prefer U.S. citizens,"
Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies,
a progressive Washington, D.C.-based think tank, told PolitiFact in 2022.
Myth: Fentanyl smells like popcorn when it burns.
This is False.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fentanyl is odorless and tasteless
There is no evidence that burning or smoking fentanyl will produce a popcorn-like scent,
Updated with work
Updated with source links.
Poynter - Poynter
No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl - Poynter
This fact check was originally published by PolitiFact, which is part of the Poynter Institute.
See the sources for this fact check here.
PolitiFact | Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl
From Poynter Institute
PolitiFact
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