Argentina drugs: Adulterated cocaine kills 20 in Buenos Aires

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."

Wonder what the cutting agent was.

Quote from: Sawdust and Honey on February 03, 2022, 01:09:19 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."
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/at-least-23-dead-after-ingesting-tainted-cocaine-in-argentina-1.4793717

Quote from: thewire on February 04, 2022, 10:47:16 PM

Quote from: Sawdust and Honey on February 03, 2022, 01:09:19 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

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