No, Kellyanne, Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis Isn't a Thing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Kellyanne Conway lied about something! Again! This week, the White House counselor and opioid crisis czar falsely stated during a news conference, yet again, that cannabis is being laced with fentanyl, bringing her blatant-lie tally to roughly 218,738. The story is likely to gain traction with outlets such as Fox News, but Buzzfeed News provided a great breakdown as to why it's not true.

Conway was discussing fentanyl, and claimed, “People are unwittingly ingesting it. It’s laced into heroin, marijuana, meth, cocaine, and it’s also just being distributed by itself.” Fentanyl is showing up in certain illicit drugs like coke and pills, but there's no evidence of it showing up in cannabis, from markets regulated and unregulated. An easy way to determine if this were true is whether it was showing up in the cannabis seized by agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration. But earlier this month, a lead chemist for the DEA addressed this question, stating that there was absolutely no fentanyl found in any of the cannabis they had seized.

Someone called out Conway on the pieces of freshly cut horseshoe cake she was attempting to force-feed reporters, and per Buzzfeed News, she cited a 2018 speech given by Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Volkow claimed, "Fentanyl is being used to lace a wide variety of drugs, including marijuana."

A number of things have contributed to this modern-day urban legend.

NIDA cites a 2015 "anecdotal report" from the Vancouver, BC, police department claiming cannabis containing fentanyl was killing cannabis smokers. Which would have been terrible, except it wasn't happening. In fact, in 2016, the same police department admitted they had actually not come across any cannabis like that, so never mind. Some attributed the confusion to those who OD'ed on fentanyl having also consumed cannabis, yet the cannabis wasn't the fatal component of that mixture.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/03/28/39749327/no-kellyanne-fentanyl-laced-cannabis-isnt-a-thing

[Socal31]

1. Sounds like the definition of FUD to me.

Elf-boy is gone, CVS is selling CBD...let's stop demonizing such a useful plant.

[Joanie Baloney]

2. I don't think she-or any of them-are smart enough to lie.

Lying requires deliberately using information known to be inaccurate to deceive. That is a fairly high-level cognitive function. Probably a little beyond most reptiles, err, I mean republicans. (My spellchecker always gets that wrong)

[Peace06]

3. Smelly Ann Conman Drug Guru

That is probably what she does before each tv interview and how she can stomach her own yuge lies.

[htuttle]

4. Lol, recreational cannabis has moved into the 'wine aficionado' stage nowadays in most markets

What is the buzz like? The aftertaste, color and smell?

Fuck the idea of lacing crappy pot with something. Life is too short. Nobody would buy it anymore.

There's no market for an 'MD 20/20' type of pot.

[ProudLib72]

5. My best friend in college projectile vomited after smoking pot laced with PCP

He didn't mention the aftertaste.

[Ligyron]

6. Kush laced with Fentanyl?

Might not be a bad idea for cancer patients. Maybe get a little appetite going?

But seriously now, only once in awhile on the weekends for everybody else.

[58Sunliner]

7. What an effing waste of oxygen.

[sheshe2]

8. It begs the question.

What exactly is Kellyanne smoking?

[dansolo]

9. There was the fake pot laced with some unknown chemicals

I seem to recall that there were a bunch of people affected (died?) from some fake pot products sold in convenience stores. But the contamination was not fentanyl.

[hvn_nbr_2]

10. "Some attributed the confusion to..."

I'd attribute the confusion to reefer madness. Cannabis: the drug that makes people who don't use it go crazy.

[spanone]

11. they think everyone's as stupid as their base.