White House picks up on debunked Vancouver Police claim of fentanyl-laced pot GlobeBC
The synthetic opioid has been found contaminating the illicit heroin supply in both the United States and, as well as, to a lesser extent, cocaine and methamphetamine. And while individual users could possibly be adding the opioid to their own cannabis, there are no credible reports of this happening on a widespread scale, according to experts.
“What we should be doing is trying to investigate and promote the use of cannabis as harm reduction rather than allow people to think that cannabis might be contaminated with fentanyl,” Dr. Milloy said. During a panel at the Politico Pro 2018 Summit in Washington, NIDA director Nora Volkow said: “Fentanyl is being used to lace a wide variety of drugs, including marijuana."
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