Louisville officials brace for overdoses from people using elephant tranquilizer

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2. Some of the synthetic opiates out there are really bad news

The doses are supposed to be measured in micrograms, thousandths of a gram, tiny amounts that even the conscientious dealer with a triple beam balance can't manage because even if he's got the proportions right, mixing it up with whatever he's cutting his shit with is never even enough to prevent some of his customers from getting hot shots and dying.

It looks like they'll keep doing all the futile, idiotic things that don't work in the near future, at least, instead of going after manufacturers to clamp down on diversion outside the medical and veterinary systems. That might inconvenience industry, though, so we'll grow old and die waiting for them to consider doing that.

And too many people are getting rich or powerful enough on keeping drugs in the black market, so we're not going to see any sense there, either.

And yes, there have been deaths here from drugs laced with fentanyl.