Adulterated cocaine claimed the lives of 24 people and affected another 80 with intoxications last week in Argentina.
After the analysis of the experts, it was established that the drug had been stretched with carfentanil“extremely strong opioid whose effects are 10,000 times stronger, or more, than heroin or fentanyl,” said the Province Attorney General, in a statement.
It is worth remembering that opioids are a group of analgesic drugs.
The carfentanilas mentioned by Sergio Saraco, president of the Argentine Toxicology Association in a talk with the local newspaper ‘La Nación’, is a substance that has two fields of action.
It is used in the production of rubber, plastic and vulcanized. “And in the pharmaceutical industry, for the production of local anesthetics, analgesics and other drugs,” he commented.
Veterinarians come to her to sedate mammals, such as elephants or rhinos. However, it is not authorized in that country for any use and there is talk that it may have entered the territory illegally.
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What happened to the cocaine?
A dose of that drug is worth cheaper than a bottle of soda
24 people died on February 2 after consuming adulterated cocaine that they would have acquired illegally on the streets, just after a match for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
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According to Argentine authorities, the drug was sold to the subjects in a pink nylon wrapper. People lost consciousness and presented symptoms such as vomiting, temporary loss of vision, among other reactions, for which it was necessary to take several of them to health centers.
From the first moment, handled the hypothesis that a ‘poisonous’ substance had been added or extremely strong that caused the deaths.
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The new pronouncement of the Attorney General of the Province reaffirms the lines of investigation. It is expected that in the next few hours the details will be expanded and contrasted with the findings of the autopsies of the victims.
Raids carried out in the neighborhood gate 8 of the capital resulted in the capture of ten people who would allegedly be related to drug trafficking.
Joaquín Aquino, alias ‘El Paisa’, was one of those detainedwho denied the charges and refrained from answering questions during the beginning of his trial, according to ‘Infobae’.
More than 80 people were hospitalized after presenting health complications from drug use. In fact, sergio berniMinister of Security of the Province, invited all those who had acquired cocaine in the first days of February to get rid of it.
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“A dose of that drug is cheaper than a bottle of soda that is bought at any service station,” Berni assured on the local channel ‘CN5’.
The official described the situation as “crazy” and mentioned that Some 25,000 doses of the drug were seized. In addition, he specified that there was a whole “chain of illegality” in the marginalized neighborhoods of Argentina that was destroying the social fabric.
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