ACETYL FENTANYL

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ACETYL FENTANYL

(N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACETAMIDE)

DEA CODE 9821: Schedule 1 Narcotic

Acetyl Fentanyl

Acetyl fentanyl is a relative of fentanyl and is five times more potent than heroin as a painkiller. The illegally produced compound may be secretly mixed with heroin to make it a more potent product, or may be sold in pills disguised as oxycodone. Users themselves may not be aware that they are ingesting it.

Acetylfentanyl is a synthetic opioid that was originally described in the 1960s. It's less potent than fentanyl and more potent than morphine. The drug has contributed to many fatalities, often due to it being mixed with heroin or misrepresented as heroin. In terms of effects, it appears similar to fentanyl.

Fentanyl has very euphoric properties, and is a favorite of drug abusers. Medical personnel abuse fentanyl in the parenteral form, but most street use comes from substituting fentanyl for heroin by drug dealers or from the illicit extraction of fentanyl from used or new transdermal patches. Recently, a close relative to medical fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, has surfaced as a drug of abuse that has potentially fatal consequences.

Acetylfentanyl
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Acetyl-Fentanyl is an opioid analgesic substance that is an analogue of Fentanyl. It's potency is roughly 6.67 times that of Morphine. Making it about 15 times less potent than its parent compound Fentanyl.

RouteOnsetDurationAfter Effects
Tripsit Factsheets
All ROAs:5-20 minutes1-4 hours1-8 hours
Acetylfentanyl Duration
Aliases:
  • acetyl-fentanyl
  • a-f
Effects:
Euphoria, Dry Mouth, Mood lift, Itchiness, Relaxant, Constipation, Pupil constriction, Analgesia.

World Health Organization 2015:
Acetylfentanyl is clearly being used for non-medical purposes,although the incidence and prevalence of its abuse cannot be accurately estimated because, in part, it is not routinely tested for in forensic toxicology. It has been identified in confiscated material being trafficked illicitly in the United States, Europe and Japan. It is sold over the Internet where it is sometimes promoted as a "research chemical", and its use is discussed on drug-user websites. Acetylfentanyl has been associated with at least 52 deaths in the United States (where it has been emergency scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act) and with deaths in Europe as well.

Users have reported using acetylfentanyl via insufflation, smoking, and through the intravenous routes of administration. Actual doses are thought to be in the microgram range. Effects reported by users appear indicative of heroin/fentanyl-like effects.

Acetylfentanyl is being controlled as an abused substance in some member states. Its use as an abused substance is unequivocal, and has resulted in several deaths. Precise estimates of the incidence and prevalence of acetylfentanyl's abuse, however, are difficult at present

Acetylfentanyl is a synthetic opioid. It is closely related to fentanyl, which is controlled under the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961. Data suggests that acetylfentanyl is likely to be a potent opioid narcotic analgesic and may have an abuse liability and dependence potential in humans; these effects may be broadly comparable to fentanyl.Acetylfentanyl has been available in the European Union since at least 2013 and has been detected in 8 Member States and Norway. In most cases it has been seized as a powder, but other forms such as liquids and tablets have also been detected. The detected quantities are relatively small; however, there is still a cause for concern given the high potency of the substance. It appears that acetylfentanyl usually originates from chemical companies based China. There is no indication of illicit production sites within the European Union.

Europol
EMCDDA PDF Acetylfentanyl

  • An opioid analgesic
  • An analog of fentanyl
  • Estimated to be fifteen times more potent than morphine
  • It has never been licensed for medical use
  • It has been sold as a designer drug

Acetylfentanyl was discovered at the same time as fentanyl itself and had only rarely been encountered on the illicit market in the late 1980s. However, in 2013, Canadian police seized 3 kilograms of acetylfentanyl

Acetylfentanyl overdosage has been reported to closely resemble heroin overdosage clinically.

DEA informed about 52 confirmed fatalities involving acetylfentanyl in the United States between 2013 and 2015.

  
Pittsburgh man to serve 34 years for drug counts - A former Pittsburgh man who moved to Beverly Hills, Calif., using proceeds from his drug trafficking operation has been sentenced in federal court to 34 years in prison, to be followed by lifetime ...
Wednesday November 20, 2024 - altoonamirror.com

Former Pittsburgh resident sentenced to 34 years for fentanyl trafficking, money laundering - With the proceeds from his drug trafficking, the DOJ says he moved to Beverly Hills, California, where he rented two different houses at costs of $14,500 and $10,000 per month. He also leased two ...
Tuesday November 19, 2024 - wpxi.com

Court: Pittsburgh man 'flooded' area with fentanyl, laundered money for life of luxury - Court documents state Paris Carter used his drug proceeds to move to California where he leased three luxury cars and rented two homes at $14,500 and $10,000 a month.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 - msn.com

Did dealer's fentanyl kill two Lantana sisters? Jurors grapple with a difficult question. - caused by acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication. "I lost the only two family members that I had," Michaud told Del Valle two days later, during an undercover drug deal arranged by ...
Monday November 11, 2024 - statesman.com

Man arrested for providing drugs in fatal Clermont County overdose - They learned a man named "Stacks" may have delivered drugs to the home. A toxicology report found Baker died from acute combined fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl and xylazine intoxication. Cellphone ...
Thursday October 31, 2024 - local12.com

Former Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to 34 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking and Money Laundering - Paris Carter gets 34 years in prison for trafficking Chinese-sourced fentanyl and laundering money to support a luxury lifestyle in Beverly Hills.
Wednesday November 20, 2024 - hoodline.com

  
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