1. El Mito de la Sobredosis por Contacto.
Una idea central en las publicaciones es el rechazo categórico a la noción de que se puede sufrir una sobredosis por tocar fentanilo. Los usuarios, incluyendo profesionales de la salud, afirman que la absorción cutánea es prácticamente imposible sin formulaciones especiales, desmintiendo una narrativa popularizada por las fuerzas del orden.
- The cops also say they get sick when they touch it and as a former pharm tech that has touched loads of this shit, i am telling you that fentanyl doesn't goddamn work that way.
- You cannot overdose on fentanyl just by touching it. Most "reactions" are probably panic attacks because people believe it is dangerous and freak out.
- Overdosing on fentanyl by touching or being in its proximity is a myth that is like 99% created by cops. No scientific or medical basis whatsoever.
- We’ve had to spend years developing fent patches to figure out how to efficiently deliver fentanyl transdermally and these fuckin nerds keep buying into this cop bullshit. You cannot od on fentanyl by touching it unless it’s because you’re wearing 10 fent patches.
- How many more times do we have to fucking say it: you cannot overdose on fentanyl simply by touching it or breathing near it and our mainstream newspapers need to stop reporting it as fact just because the police say so.
- It's complete nonsense that fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin. A myth spread by cops.
2. La Verdadera Causa: Ataques de Pánico e Histeria.
Los comentarios sugieren que las reacciones dramáticas de los oficiales no son síntomas de una sobredosis de opioides, sino más bien ataques de pánico o histeria colectiva. Se argumenta que los síntomas reportados, como la hiperventilación, son opuestos a los de una intoxicación real por fentanilo, que causa depresión respiratoria.
- This is the police having *panic attacks*. Btw, narcan is awful for panic attacks.
- This is clearly some kind of panic attack, not a drug overdose. If these cops aren't faking, they're succumbing to hysteria. Fentanyl is dangerous - but not in this way.
- Anytime you hear someone say the old "one speck of fentanyl will send you into shock" push back forcefully and say that's a lie and cops are having panic attacks, not "fentanyl reactions".
- Every video i’ve seen of “fentanyl” exposure with cops has actually been a cop having an anxiety attack. They need xanax, not narcan.
- Major social panic among us cops crossing the border. A key tell is that 'overdosing' cops tend to hyperventilate, which is a panic reaction, whereas a fentanyl od depresses the breathing reflexes.
- Fentanyl exposure hoax is a self fulfilling prophecy. The belief that it can cause an od on contact causes a panic attack. Please get the people in charge of keeping us safe better information.
3. Sarcasmo y Ridiculización de la Reacción Policial.
El escepticismo a menudo se expresa a través del humor, el sarcasmo y la hipérbole. Los usuarios ridiculizan la supuesta vulnerabilidad extrema de los policías al fentanilo, creando escenarios absurdos para resaltar lo inverosímil de sus afirmaciones y contrastarla con la realidad de otros profesionales que manejan la sustancia sin incidentes.
- If these ppl even touched this fentanyl, they would have died. If a cop touched fentanyl - instant death.
- I'll have you know that simply looking at a sealed bag of fentanyl can put several dozen cops in the er for overdoses.
- It's helpful that you can just say the word fentanyl and have cops collapsing in terror clutching their chests.
- Okay, hear me out. I've heard over and over that simply touching fentanyl does not create a risk of accidentally ingesting it into your body. I get that. But consider: cops have _very_ thin skin. Check your privilege, folks.
- If you wear a t-shirt that says "this shirt is made from fentanyl" the police will be afraid to touch you.
- I'm pretty sure for every person who dies from fentanyl, 12 cops die from reading the word fentanyl.
- Little known fact a circle of salt can protect you from demons but a circle of fentanyl can protect you from cops.
4. Crítica a los Medios y la "Copaganda".
Existe una fuerte crítica hacia los medios de comunicación por reportar las afirmaciones policiales sin el debido escrutinio científico. Se acusa a los periodistas de actuar como "estenógrafos" de la policía, perpetuando desinformación y "copaganda" que genera pánico y estigmatiza a los consumidores de drogas.
- Dear : stop repeating garbage copoganda. That’s not how fentanyl works, period. A better story to report would be why your local cops are this misguided.
- Reporters always just act as stenographers.
- People need to stop reporting these incidents at face value. Fentanyl doesn’t do that, so journalists need to be saying that cops are either faking or having panic attacks.
- You're supposed to be a journalist, not a mouthpiece of the state. Science says that you cannot overdose just from being in the presence of fentanyl. Maybe report that instead of spreading copaganda.
- This is journalistic malpractice. You've got to stop parroting what cops say about fentanyl. "fentanyl exposure" cannot cause these symptoms.
- Given the media tendency to uncritically publish every cop claim about being hospitalized due to fentanyl being in the general vicinity, i'm not optimistic.