While I'm guessing this actually may have been a case involving fentanyl, be cautious with stories "confirming" it via a field test. Those things are garbage and do not test specifically for fentanyl and are often faulty. Fentanyl is the current boogeyman so they generally attribute things to that when they actually have no clue.
I have my doubts that this was fentanyl since no officers were improbably injured during the field test.
True. If it was fentanyl, at least one deputy would claim to have been in a coma for several days.
Back in my day, they used that scare mongering for meth.
“It is believed that at some point the bag came into contact with fentanyl and trace amounts remained on/in the bag,”
I was confused at first since most people like to smoke or inject their fent. Also, who is reusing a drug bag and putting food in it? I hope the kids aren't traumatized.
Sounds like THC gummies that the dealers made near fent. As to how the kids got it or if they took it from a parents house I have no idea.
You got it. I have no doubt that the kids were sick, but small amounts of ingested fentanyl would not make the kids sick. It was likely THC gummies. That would explain the "allergic" reaction, aka flushing. Morphine can cause itching/flushing, but not generally in low doses. THC certainly does cause flushing though in high doses particularly in children, like you'd see with edibles.
I know it's not important but do those mug shots look like they were taken from above to anyone else?
It looks like they are poking their heads through plywood cutouts of people sitting in barber chairs.
Better angle to avoid the double chin showing up (if there is one).
As someone that was a serious opiate addict I always look at stuff like this with suspicion. Fentanyl gummy bears aren’t a prescription thing as far as I know. So that means that someone presumably made them on purpose. But why? There are far better ways to do fentanyl than putting it on gummy bears. This headline makes no sense.
They were probably sugar free gummies and the kids got the explosive poopies.
If I'm reading it correctly, the gummies didn't have fentanyl in them, the bag was reused and had traces of fentanyl in it that got onto the gummies.
While not impossible. It’s still extremely improbable in my opinion. I don’t think people understand just how small a hit of fentanyl is. In my experience $20 give or take depending on how good your relationship is with your dealer gets you 1/10 of a gram. Now keep in mind that when they say a lethal dose of fentanyl is the size of a few grains of salt. That they are talking about PURE fentanyl. What you get on the street is far from pure.
Then there is how you buy it. I have almost never bought fentanyl that came in a whole ass baggy. When it did it was still tied up in the corner. Opiate addicts are SERIOUS about getting every last crumb out of the bag.
Like even when you buy a gram of dope for between $150 and $200. That still comes tied in a corner baggy. And that’s a good amount of dope.
These reasons and more lead me to believe that this situation is improbable, but not impossible.
Here is a 1/10 of a gram of pink salt lightly coating the head of a dime for those that don’t know.
If it’s true then either they are morons moving weight, or really bad addicts and somehow nobody noticed.
Edit: I want to apologize for my grammar in this comment. I was cooking dinner and playing Badurs Gate 3 when I typed this. I fixed the most egregious mistakes, but lack the energy to fix them all.
I know it's wrong to judge people based on their appearances, but they look like they belong on Red Dead Redemption wanted posters.
Yeah those shots look super weird.
I assume the cops there had a guy or two who fancies themselves a photographer, and fucked with the angle and lighting until everybody looks like a cartoonish villian
The photos are weird, but the people look totally normal. I wouldn’t think twice based on looks if they were elementary school teachers.
Glad the arrests were made. A messed up thing to do.
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