(ABC 6 News) – Police have been on high alert ever since a new kind of fentanyl was discovered in Bloomington, Minn. last week, but experts are pushing back on some of the claims made about this drug called “Gray Death”.
Gray death is the latest version of this deadly drug uncovered in Minn. over the past few months, others include rainbow fentanyl as well as the well-known blue m30 pills. Upon discovery of gray death, Bloomington Police Chief claimed that the life-saving overdose reversal, Narcan, is not effective on this drug. Experts say this is dangerous and untrue.
Tim Volz is an addiction specialist at Resilience Center in Rochester. He says there is no proof that Narcan would not be effective as gray death is still an opioid.
“I think people just better have their information buttoned tight before they go out there spreading things like that,” Volz explained. “It can create a lot of chaos, a lot of fear and a lot of people scrambling to find out what can we do about this.”
He also said that police should leave it to drug experts, addiction specialists and doctors when discussing details about these drugs.
Gray death is composed of a variety of very potent and dangerous opioids, resembling mud and dirt.
Because of the drugs characteristics and the fact it is so dangerous, Volz says this may drive people to trying gray death themselves.
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