It began showing up in Winnipeg in the summer of 2016.
In September 2016 police seized almost 1500 blotter tabs of the drug
Now it is being marketed on the street as ‘Drop Dead’.
Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth told the Police Board on Friday that the opioid Carfentanil is still in Winnipeg and some drug users are actively seeking it out.
According to Smyth Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than Fentanyl and 10,000 time stronger than Morphine. It is a drug that was designed for large game animals like moose or elephants. The smallest of doses, only a few grains, can be fatal in people.
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In the past year the city has seen close to 200 overdose deaths and of those 94 can be attributed to opioid use.
Most of the drug seems to be getting into the city from countries in Asia like China. According to police it is very easy for it to come into Winnipeg by mail and extremely difficult for police to detect.
-News4 Staff-
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