Large Amount of Elephant Tranquilizer Seized in Billings

Carfentanyl is considered up to 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine

Large amount of elephant tranquilizer seized in Billings

A large seizure of carfentanil or elephant tranquilizer in Billings earlier this month is raising concerns for Montana's health and safety."We see a lot of fentanyl, a lot of methamphetamines, but this is a new one," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen says." "We have seen some very small amounts of carfentanil, which obviously sounds like fentanyl, but it is a lot more potent. We have never seen a shipment this big."The Eastern Montana High…

Large amount of carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer, seized in Billings

A large seizure of carfentanil or elephant tranquilizer in Billings earlier this month is raising concerns for Montana's health and safety."We see a lot of fentanyl, a lot of methamphetamines, but this is a new one," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen says." "We have seen some very small amounts of carfentanil, which obviously sounds like fentanyl, but it is a lot more potent. We have never seen a shipment this big."The Eastern Montana High…

The U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA) indicated that fentanyl is no longer the most potent, as it warned about the detection of an even more addictive new drug. According to DEA information, it is carfentanyl, which according to various studies is up to a hundred times more deadly and more addictive than fentanyl.This has raised serious concern among the U.S. health authorities, as deaths from carfentanyl consumption compared to fentanyl wo…