I’m starting to think I’m allergic to myself. Either that or it’s just my eczema acting up again. Coconut oil is the only thing I can use without breaking out. Cue the world’s smallest violin. 🎻 I really do need to see an allergist and get proper testing. I already avoid fragrances and artificial dyes because I know those set me off.
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FDA Cracks Down on Animal Tranquilizer That Is Sometimes Mixed With Fentanyl
FDA Cracks Down on Animal Tranquilizer That Is Sometimes Mixed With Fentanyl
This is why fentanyl is used in black-market opioids in the first place. Users did not demand a substance that is 40 times more potent than heroin for recreational use; prohibitionist policies made it more challenging to procure pain medication, leading pain patients to seek out heroin. Heroin, however, is a crop drug, which makes it expensive to produce, ship, and buy. Fentanyl is synthetic, making it cheaper to produce, ship, and buy. When the law makes it harder to get legal pain pills, everybody adapts, and you get illegal fentanyl with no quality control.
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The new CDC guidelines aren’t much better.