We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser
We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser
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Drugs winning in the war on drugs once again
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A web browser? There goes my career as a drug lord
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Is this a new Guga episode, or has Babbish sunk that low?
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Must be a special crossover episode lol
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Can someone please explain how fentaynol is made? Or is this the new bathtub meth?
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Wikipedia has an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#Synthesis
It's not new. It was developed decades ago as a medical opiate by a renowned scientist. New, easier methods of synthesis have come around since, and abuse is exacerbated by the general opioid crisis in the USA, thanks essentially to the Sackler family.
From what I got reading The Least of Us the chemicals involved in the Gupta method are used in industry and essentially impossible to ban. There was some sort of breakthrough a few years ago that made this (relatively easy) method the standard way street fentanyl is made, although I don't remember the details. Also until fairly recently it was straight-up legal to export fentanyl from China and from there import it into Mexico or have it drop shipped to basically anyone in the USA. Direct import into the USA was illegal but easy to do.
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File this under "questions you can't ask because people will give joke answers or will seriously believe you're asking on a public Internet forum how to make hard drugs"
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When I was in the south in the US. I just remember going thru my normal dealer of pot. Then one day he was all geeked or whatever you call it out. It came to the south like a bat out of hell. I was so glad I got stationed elsewhere because Walmart Wallgreens Freds started having to put shit in lockboxes that were never that way. If you had allergies you could only get 1 pack of allergy medication per month.
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Make it cheaper for them to make real heroin
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The title is a bit silly. You probably need like 3k just in glassware, nevermind the know how to make the stuff. It is not as easy as "making soup"
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The team also procured secondary ingredients used to process the essential precursors, as well as basic equipment – giving it everything needed to produce fentanyl.
The core precursors Reuters bought would have yielded enough fentanyl powder to make at least 3 million tablets, with a potential street value of $3 million – a conservative estimate based on prices cited by U.S. law enforcement agencies in published reports over the past six months.
The total cost of the chemicals and equipment Reuters purchased, paid mainly in Bitcoin: $3,607.18.
Turning these precursors into fentanyl would have required just modest lab skills and a basic grasp of chemistry. One Mexican fentanyl cook who dropped out of school at age 12 told Reuters he learned the trade as an apprentice at an illegal lab.
“It’s like making chicken soup,” said the cook, an independent producer based in the cartel stronghold of Sinaloa state. “It’s mega-easy making that drug.”
Actually one block in the article
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It’s like making chicken soup,” said the cook, an independent producer based in the cartel stronghold of Sinaloa state. “It’s mega-easy making that drug.”
They paid 3700 for everything needed, including the glassware. The article details it all, even the pill presses and new analogs that hadn't been discovered before, in the arms race against banning or restricting fentanyl precursors. The sellers themselves stated in the article exactly how to make the drug, including step by step guides, and chemical diagrams explaining the Gupta method.
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