Lethal Dose

4 anos há2 min

Lethal Dose

Por Thomas Licker

Presidente ABRA (AMERICAN BIORECOVERY ASSOCIATION)

“The other day I took a call from a customer who really needed my help; her son had been killed due to an overdose of heroin laced with fentanyl. The young man’s family had stopped by to do a “wellness check” and found his body; his time of death was estimated to be one week prior to discovery.

It is much too easy to think that this guy was just another junkie, a liability to his family, a menace to his neighborhood, and a drain on society however, he was a bright, young college student who was working toward a degree in engineering.

During the 1990’s synthetic opioids were the “go-to” remedy for many of the doctors that were operating pain clinics. When I think back on how many famous people overdosed from the use of synthetic opioids, it really puts things into perspective; some that come to mind are Mac Miller, Prince, and Tom Petty.”

Para ler o artigo completo, consulte a revista BioHazMag 2023