‘Acts of terrorism’ across Washington as 4 election offices get white powder in mail
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The powder sent to both King and Spokane counties tested positive for traces of fentanyl.
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you know it's some cop lover considering they think fentanyl powder kills people on contact
That was my first thought: some dumbass bought into the idea that fentanyl can be fatal if touched.
I checked, and while you can't absorb it through your skin, it does look like it's possible to accidentally inhale a lethal dose.
You could, but you'd have to have a lot of it blown airborne. you'd have to have it blown in your face to realistically inhale any of it.
Anthrax and other effective mail-delivered substances were dangerous since they were much more airborne or were hard to properly ensure is cleaned off your person. Fentanyl won't be ingested if it gets on your clothes or a trace remains on your hands, but invisible, long-lasting bacterium spores? Lethal.
It has to be aerosolized to do that, which isn't going to just randomly happen from opening an envelope. You'd have to do something deliberately really stupid like spray it into a theater full of innocent hostages.
Wait...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-overdose-misinformation#:~:text=%22This%20has%20never%20happened%2C%22,contact%20or%20accidentally%20inhaling%20fentanyl.%22
God. Now I’m just imagining ready glitter bombs being delivered.
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
Either a cop lover or just a cop. They probably wouldn't have trouble getting their hands on fentanyl.