"Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that the CDC says is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. Exposure can occur by inhalation, oral ingestion, or skin contact. Perry County Sheriff’s Office says only a very tiny amount of Fentanyl is enough to kill someone." https://wreg.com/news/mid-south/tn-sheriffs-office-dont-pick-up-folded-dollar-bills/
It sure is -- and it does a lot of damage right here in the city where I live. I have personal experience with it - once, in a hospital setting. After my heart operation, the nurses were giving me something in an IV. I felt absolutely no pain at any time, but not "high" at all. I asked what I was getting and the nurse told me it was fentanyl. I knew the drug by name, from reading. After a couple of days, it was discontinued and - no pain, no problems. They were careful - and I didn't miss the stuff. It was different to my one other experience with opioids, synthetic or otherwise. I'd been given meperidine (methyl morphine) during a different hospital procedure 25 years earlier. When I woke up on that stuff, it was party time -- I was happy, couldn't stop talking etc. It felt like bourbon without the hangover. These drugs have their uses -- but not recreational ones! NO! Me scared...
This kind of sounds like the whole scare around not eating Halloween candy because it might be drugged. As if people are just going around and leaving free drugs everywhere.
Off topic- the title of this thread is written in iambic pentameter. Nice! ------ EDIT: I'm suffering writer's block in all of my other poetry, but for some dumb old reason, this quatrain in iambic pentameter just came spewing out of my brain: Do not pick up that folded dollar bill! Could be a lethal dose of fentanyl! Your momentary riches lead to ill, Where blood and guts upon the pavement spill. ---- EDIT: This could actually be an effective PSA, now that I think about it.
Yeah -- I guess I could get with the program --- but think about it, before you quit your day job, or abandon your MBA. Just sayin'.
It sure looks like it -- but the article did say the warning came from the Perry County TN Sheriff's Dept. Someone there informed reporters the dept. had found traces of meth and fentanyl on two $1 bills. Now, would a sheriff or deputy lie? "C'mon. Let's git th' lie detector, Cletus! An' bring th' rope, jest in case!"
Add some geetar-pickin' and banjerin' and a nasal whine - it could be a Country hit -- or maybe Bluegrass.
Just so you know - country songs have explored the theme before: A song about "Hillbilly Heroin" - i.e. oxycodone, oxycontin etc. Hillbilly Heroin Carnal Contempt Wasting your time Wasting your mind Wasting your life Watching you die Ride the high mental exhilaration Responsibility without motivation Numbing up hoping for purgation Unconcerned about the repercussion Hillbilly heroin Diluting how to feel Hillbilly heroin Forgetting what's real Ride the high on euphoria's wave Insatiable once its in your veins Gluttonous making you a slave Impervious stepping into your grave Hillbilly heroin Diluting how to feel Hillbilly heroin Forgetting what's real Wasted time Wasted mind Wasted life Another one dies Ride addiction when sticking the needle Feel the rush snorting up the pills Shutting down zombifying your brain Another Life forgotten again Hillbilly heroin Diluting how to feel Hillbilly heroin Forgetting what's real Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Ian Simmons