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ELI5 How the whole touching fentanol you could overdose got started? In med industry we laugh about cops saying they get high or overdosed on it by touching it. ? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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[–] 40 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Unpopular answer, but its possible those cops aren't lying. Specifically they are believing their own misinformation and giving themselves a panic attack.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    a panic attack is not an OD

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Pretty sure they're just saying that they probably are feeling some kind of symptoms but it's self inflicted and not actually drug related

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    i think we're saying the same thing, just that the line between lying and just not knowing what the fuck is going on is a lot thinner for a lot of us than we'd like to admit in medicine.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They’re saying placebo, you’re attributing it to malice.

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