I cannot find the origin story on this, and I’m speculating but I’ve seen videos of cops in uniform overdosing. Perhaps this exposure mythology began as a method to cover up a cops drug addiction to ensure he and family members kept pensions and/or benefits.
Some videos I have seen mostly look like a cop discovered they touched fentanyl & then had a panic attack over the possibility that exposure might harm them. Others look like obvious bad acting from the cop to perpetuate the propaganda that fentanyl is the deadliest substance on the planet 🤷♀️
Videos I’ve seen are at a threshold, cops open a door and faint. Could be the vasovagal syncope thing. If you think it might happen then it could trigger this. But then you see the government funding scams, it is hard to get to the bottom of what the cause is and develop processes to address it.
I recall an incident at a local prison where a white substance was discovered & multiple prison guards dropped & had to be taken to the hospital. The headlines were blaming fentanyl exposure until it was discovered to be a harmless powder & then the entire incident just got dropped, no explanation
I think some incidents early on were cops about to pop positive for opiates who wanted a cover story, and then seeing those caused this mass hysteria among the rest of them, pseudo seizures and panic attacks.
It’s a misinformation feedback loop like everything else in healthcare these days.
Please don't blame healthcare for this. They are the good guys.
That sounds exactly like the vasovagal syncope response. My sister and a friend all dropped in an ER waiting room after seeing our friend get staples to deal with a head injury.
Here it is
My favorite part is where they double down on the dangers of fentanyl & needing more funding for it even though it had nothing to do with fentanyl
