- Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid, is a white powdery substance that looks like it could be cocaine or heroin. Drug dealers mix it with heroin to presumably make the heroin stronger.
- It is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl.
- The drug is also used to tranquilize elephants and other large mammals.
- This drug is so powerful it poses a significant threat to first responders and law enforcement personnel who touch it by accident. In addition, people can overdose on carfentanil quickly. Multiple doses of the anti-overdose drug Narcan may not be effective.
- Users exposed to carfentanil can experience dizziness, clammy skin, shallow breathing, heart failure and more.
Five Quick Facts - Carfentanil
ArticleLast updated Wednesday, June 17, 2020From the Just Think Twice website:
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets.
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