Pills in the same batch can have wildly varying levels of fentanyl. To be clear, these are not pharmaceutical-grade painkillers they are pills made by drug dealers, mostly outside the country. The tablets are so well made that even experienced users say that they can’t tell the difference between a counterfeit pill and a pill manufactured by a pharmaceutical company. The pills are nicknamed “Blues” for their common color (though they can come in other colors) or “M30s” for the stamp on the pills.
Fentanyl is odorless, tasteless and colorless. Fentanyl is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Teens are purchasing what they think are Ox圜ontin, Percoset or Xanax pills via social media, but drug dealers are making these fake pills with the cheaper, stronger and more deadly synthetic drug called fentanyl to increase their profits. Deaths from fake pills with fentanyl are surging across the country and right here in our Vancouver community.
