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Offline thewire

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Argentina drugs: Adulterated cocaine kills 20 in Buenos Aires
« on: February 03, 2022, 12:44:55 PM »
Argentina drugs: Adulterated cocaine kills 20 in Buenos Aires

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60235154
Adulterated cocaine has killed at least 20 people and left 74 in hospitals around the Buenos Aires region of Argentina, the authorities say. :'(

"On this occasion, however, the drug was cut with a harmful substance as part of a "war between drug-traffickers", he was quoted as saying by AFP news agency." >:(
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Re: Argentina drugs: Adulterated cocaine kills 20 in Buenos Aires
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2022, 01:09:19 PM »
Wonder what the cutting agent was.
End of the road. Nothing to do, no hope of things getting better.
Sounds like Saturday night at my house.

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Re: Argentina drugs: Adulterated cocaine kills 20 in Buenos Aires
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2022, 10:47:16 PM »
Wonder what the cutting agent was.

My first thought was fentanyl , not far off.

"But that hypothesis is now giving way to the view that the tainted cocaine was cut with a poorly manufactured opioid."
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/at-least-23-dead-after-ingesting-tainted-cocaine-in-argentina-1.4793717

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Re: Argentina drugs: Adulterated cocaine kills 20 in Buenos Aires
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2022, 09:24:26 AM »
Wonder what the cutting agent was.

My first thought was fentanyl , not far off.

"But that hypothesis is now giving way to the view that the tainted cocaine was cut with a poorly manufactured opioid."
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/at-least-23-dead-after-ingesting-tainted-cocaine-in-argentina-1.4793717

Never understood using an opiate as a cutting agent for cocaine.  At least use another stimulant or inert mannitol, inositol, etc.