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2022-09-30 18:05:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 41D6E9705B395A304FBA9457300ECCA3F057C47E155CEF47160BFD15519A7529
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The event described in this tweet is inconsistent with scientific and medical literature, which shows that brief contact with fentanyl is not sufficient for it to enter the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier to cause a rapid overdose. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/magazine/police-fentanyl-exposure-videos.html https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/fainting-fentanyl-exposure-nope https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35722948/
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