On 08/28/2016 09:30 PM, John wrote: > > > On August 28, 2016 9:17:05 PM EDT, juan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:42:22 -0600 >> Mirimir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 08/28/2016 06:11 PM, juan wrote: >>>> On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:13:27 -0600 >>>> Mirimir <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Well, without regulation, you have assholes adulterating >>>> >>>> >>>> Are you joking or has your account been hacked? >>> >>> I could say the same for you, sometimes ;) >> >> >> I highly doubt it. But go ahead, find one 'out of character' >> post coming from my address... >> >> >> >>> >>>> Your examples are a mix of nonsense with instances of black >>>> market 'techniques' - black markets being a government >>>> 'unintended' consequence of course. >>> >>> Those are all true examples. The sugar stuff happened long before >>> there was any regulation. More generally, adulteration of food with >>> poisonous metal salts was a key driver for food regulation. >> >> Complete bullshit. You talk as if any salt could be used to >> adulterate any food when actually the only example is lead >> acetate, which is not even a good example since it was commonly >> used as a sugar substitute. >> >> >>> >>>> Allegedly the romans used lead acetate instead of sugar, >>>> and I doubt it's cheaper now. Fentanyl is a 'recreational drug' on >>>> its own right. It may be used to 'spike' heroin if it's more >>>> available, but it's not as if 'pure' heroin is 'healthy' >>>> anyway. Et cetera. >>> >>> Pure heroin is just fine :) >> >> Just as fine as fentanyl, or a mix. They are both highly >> POISONUS and DANGEROUS compounds. >> >> > > Neither heroin nor fentanyl is POISONOUS. Adding fentanyl to street heroin > has made it much more dangerous for the average user, because the shit is > dosed in micrograms and it's easy to buy a poorly mixed bag with too much > fentanyl in it... Thus the wave of overdose deaths in America... > > Regardless, it's inaccurate to call them a poison. Every substance has an > LD50, including water. Diacetylmorphine (heroin) is widely prescribed in the > UK - fentanyl is a common anesthetic and pain med (in patch form) in the US. > > Now if the shit were just legal , all these problems would go away... > > > John
Legality would help a lot, for sure :) But there would still be a need for testing and certification. Because having overdoses as your only testing method just isn't workable.
