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Saddest, but best, article on carfentanil.  15 deaths attributed to carfentanil in Alberta.  Article addresses illegal shipments - from China- being seized in Canada...one containing the equivalent to kill 50M users.  Article also recognizes Medical Examiner who has developed a blood test which is positive for carfentanil after being drawn at autopsy.

The below article is very well researched and expands on prior posts regarding the elephant tranquilizer- carfentanil.  It includes photos and interviews; for example, a Canadian veterinarian who is seen preparing a tranquilizer dart for subduing Buffalo and the extreme steps he takes before getting anywhere near carfentanil.

The article highlights the dangers to frontline guardians who search packages at airports and borders, crime scenes, lab workers, etc. and provides a basis against which objective readers can consider the fatal risks packagers, distributers and users knowingly - or unknowingly- take when they enter a high risk world which they know can include mislabeled powders and mislabeled pills.  That world also includes a substance which may even overpower Narcan, depriving the users of the second chance which many have come to expect.

The stories, found in the article, of grieving parents even include ones in which a mother directly asked her son to stay inside the range of his prior drug usage and not approach fentanyl.

Excellent expose for much of the world.

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-carfentanil-deaths-1.3887254