I work in pharmaceuticals so I can answer for you.
The guy that was with George Floyd when he died made his own pills. He was Floyd's dealer. He made fake oxycodone's, meaning same color, same shape, and using the same letters/numbers youd see on a normal oxycodone pill. But, instead of it being a regular oxycodone, he made the pills to contain fentanyl and meth.
Fentanyl is between 75 to 150 times stronger than oxycodone. So if someone swallows that pill thinking its just an oxycodone, theyre in for a very rude awakening.
Your everyday oral medications, for example, ibuprofen, tylenol, ambien, even oxycodone, those are all dosed in milligrams (mg). Fentanyl is so much stronger that it is dosed in MICROgrams (mcg).
The lowest dose of straight oxycodone in oral form is 5mg. The average lethal dose of Fentanyl is 2mg. See the problem? Here is his toxicology and a nice graphical representation of how much fentanyl he took. Nearly enough to kill FOUR people.
Anyone privy to drugs care to eli5?
I work in pharmaceuticals so I can answer for you.
The guy that was with George Floyd when he died made his own pills. He was Floyd's dealer. He made fake oxycodone's, meaning same color, same shape, and using the same letters/numbers youd see on a normal oxycodone pill. But, instead of it being a regular oxycodone, he made the pills to contain fentanyl and meth.
Fentanyl is between 75 to 150 times stronger than oxycodone. So if someone swallows that pill thinking its just an oxycodone, theyre in for a very rude awakening.
Your everyday oral medications, for example, ibuprofen, tylenol, ambien, even oxycodone, those are all dosed in milligrams (mg). Fentanyl is so much stronger that it is dosed in MICROgrams (mcg).
The lowest dose of straight oxycodone in oral form is 5mg. The average lethal dose of Fentanyl is 2mg. See the problem? Here is his toxicology and a nice graphical representation of how much fentanyl he took. Nearly enough to kill FOUR people.
FINALLY A PHARMACY BOY!
Where's that graph from? I'd always heard floyd was in the middle of the lethal range. Do we know if he took drugs to hide them?