“Tool Of Terror”: This Killer Opioid Could Be Used As “Weapon Of Mass Destruction”

Thursday, December 13, 2018
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 12/13/2018

Fentanyl is so powerful that a few milligrams can be fatal. It would take about 40 pounds of fentanyl to kill everyone in New York City and 1,515 pounds to kill almost all Americans. This killer opioid is so potent, according to Bloomberg it could be used as a “weapon of mass destruction,” adding that national security experts are becoming increasingly alarmed at the prospect of it being used in the next terror attack.

A silent weapon of mass destruction: Fentanyl has already appeared on American streets, becoming the most dangerous drug blamed for sparking a public health crisis that has crushed the productivity of the workforce. American deaths linked to fentanyl increased more than 50% to 29,406 last year, from 19,413 in 2016, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Relatively easy to make, the drug is mass produced in China and Mexico, then pumped into American communities. Additionally, Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin. In its most active form, called carfentanil, a small dose can tranquilize an elephant.

Law enforcement agencies have been warned across the country to handle fentanyl with extreme caution; some officers have almost overdosed after getting the substance on their skin.

Even being near the substance is a significant reason why national security experts sound the alarm at the prospect of it being used in the next terror attack. The drug is “a significant threat to national security,” Michael Morell, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Obama, wrote last year. “It is a weapon of mass destruction.”

Bloomberg said the use of fentanyl as a biochemical weapon is nothing new. In 2002, 50 terrorists held more than 800 hostages in a crowded theater in Moscow, demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. After days of failed negotiations, Russian special forces pumped the theater with fentanyl, to incapacitate the attackers, though more than 100 hostages died.

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