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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's really not how it works in the U.S., where this misinformation is being spread. Especially not these days when you can just drive to a state where it's legal and buy lots of weed and then just go back to the state where it isn't legal and sell it for a premium.

And to make it stupider, it's already legal in New York.

[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe it's cases of cross contamination? If a miniscule ammount of fentanyl somehow contaminates cannabis weighed with the same equipment that might backfire badly.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

No, it's just fearmongering bullshit. Probably from the cops. As the article says, they haven't found a single credible instance of this happening.

[–] czech@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wouldn't really use the same scale to weigh Fentanyl and weed. Fentanyl is dosed in micro grams. $10k of fentanyl requires a much more precise scale than $10k of weed. Typically such a precise scale cannot handle the weight of $10k of weed.

You'd have to have a dealer who sells very large amounts of Fentanyl and very small amounts of weed.

[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

How do they avoid death through overexposure to fentanyl anyways? Maybe the fentanyl is sold through industrial producers using backwater channels.