As I understand it, it’s quite potent, and in small quantities so it gets cut into things (like coke) to boost its effect, and naturally profits by stretching their raw materials (for lack of a better term)
It’s so potent however that it’s incredibly easy to OD with it. Low level dealers, as sophisticated as they are sometimes mess it up and bad things happen. I don’t think any dealers want to kill their customers, but they do want addicts so they keep coming back and buying but are walking a very thing razors edge to make it happen.
If you’ve been under general anesthetic, good chance it was fentanyl.
Not sure how to solve the issue, but harm reduction/safe injection sites, OD Good Samaritan laws, safe supply, nalaxone and decriminalized possession would be good starts. I’ll stop there cause I don’t want this punted to the politics sub.