Oct 13, 2022 05:54 PM
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Injection of a whole black widow spider
https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S019...1/fulltext
ABSTRACT: A 37-year-old woman with a history of IV heroin use crushed a whole black widow spider, mixed it in 10 mL of distilled water, and injected the mixture intravenously. One hour later she presented to the emergency department complaining of severe, generalized muscle pain and cramping, mainly affecting her abdomen, thighs, and back, and of a headache and anxiety. She stated that she had given herself the injection with the intent of getting a high, and she denied suicidal ideation... PAPER: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70256-1
RELATED (scivillage): Florida tokers smoke rat poison; 52 sickened, 4 dead
Tranq - A Monster Worse Than Fentanyl?
https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/10/12/tra...anyl-16604
EXCERPTS: Just what we need, another dangerous street drug. It's called xylazine aka Tranq and is approved only as an animal sedative. But it's increasingly being used along with fentanyl, making both more dangerous. And there is no antidote. Our drug policy continues to result in more dangerous drugs on the street - something we should have (but did not) learn long ago. And a short DCLFH for all you masochists out there. [Dreaded Chemistry Lesson From Hell]
[...] the latest monster xylazine, aka Tranq, a "new-old" drug that has made headlines this past winter, even though it has been abused in the US since the early 2000s. Now the drug is increasingly being found on the street and in the blood of people it has killed. In Philadelphia – one of the first cities (along with Puerto Rico) to be hit with the deadly drug – it has recently been detected in 91% of heroin and fentanyl samples, up from 2% in 2010-15. Additionally, 31% of blood samples when heroin and fentanyl were the cause of overdose deaths contained xylazine. In Massachusetts, the drug was found in 28% of all opioid samples.
Like fentanyl, Tranq is also a legitimate drug – for horses. I have previously written about how easy it is to make fentanyl and analogs. While this is true, this synthesis of Tranq is so short and so easy that you could juggle chainsaws while churning out huge batches in your kitchen... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S019...1/fulltext
ABSTRACT: A 37-year-old woman with a history of IV heroin use crushed a whole black widow spider, mixed it in 10 mL of distilled water, and injected the mixture intravenously. One hour later she presented to the emergency department complaining of severe, generalized muscle pain and cramping, mainly affecting her abdomen, thighs, and back, and of a headache and anxiety. She stated that she had given herself the injection with the intent of getting a high, and she denied suicidal ideation... PAPER: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70256-1
RELATED (scivillage): Florida tokers smoke rat poison; 52 sickened, 4 dead
Tranq - A Monster Worse Than Fentanyl?
https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/10/12/tra...anyl-16604
EXCERPTS: Just what we need, another dangerous street drug. It's called xylazine aka Tranq and is approved only as an animal sedative. But it's increasingly being used along with fentanyl, making both more dangerous. And there is no antidote. Our drug policy continues to result in more dangerous drugs on the street - something we should have (but did not) learn long ago. And a short DCLFH for all you masochists out there. [Dreaded Chemistry Lesson From Hell]
[...] the latest monster xylazine, aka Tranq, a "new-old" drug that has made headlines this past winter, even though it has been abused in the US since the early 2000s. Now the drug is increasingly being found on the street and in the blood of people it has killed. In Philadelphia – one of the first cities (along with Puerto Rico) to be hit with the deadly drug – it has recently been detected in 91% of heroin and fentanyl samples, up from 2% in 2010-15. Additionally, 31% of blood samples when heroin and fentanyl were the cause of overdose deaths contained xylazine. In Massachusetts, the drug was found in 28% of all opioid samples.
Like fentanyl, Tranq is also a legitimate drug – for horses. I have previously written about how easy it is to make fentanyl and analogs. While this is true, this synthesis of Tranq is so short and so easy that you could juggle chainsaws while churning out huge batches in your kitchen... (MORE - missing details)