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Comment by chimeracoder

> 10 pounds of fentanyl is enough to lethally overdose about 2 million people.

I'm not sure what the point of this comment is. Fentanyl is only dangerous if ingested; incidental contact is harmless.

That shipment was, in all likelihood, intended for eventual distribution to opiate users, who have a higher tolerance than the general population. Making a comparison of how that would affect a person who has no tolerance is misleading fearmongering, when there was no indication that any person in this story was going to accidentally ingest the substance.

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