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@guyjantic@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

New rabbit hole: There's apparently been a full-blown panic among law enforcement and corrections officers about fentanyl exposure for the past 3 or more years. Large numbers of LEOs believe that merely touching fentanyl is fatal. There are multiple online videos of officers touching something confiscated in an arrest and then collapsing. There are reports of dozens of correctional officers being rushed to the ER after reportedly touching fentanyl soaked into envelopes in the mail room--one even died last year (summer 2024).

Meanwhile, there are MDs and substance use experts on record saying that literally cannot happen: nobody even gets a buzz from fentanyl by just touching it, let alone dying. There is now scholarly research documenting the widespread false beliefs about fentanyl in LEO circles, and at least one suggesting that all the incidents represent a "culture bound syndrome" in law enforcement; essentially a mass delusion, which triggers panic attacks and perhaps some hypnosis-like states of consciousness.

I haven't verified this point, yet, but I saw one online document alleging that in none of the alleged single-contact exposure reactions to fentanyl (or amphetamines, which are cited in many other incidents) has there ever been an investigation finding any drugs on the mail items, or finding that the officer's reaction really was from the drug they apparently touched. In almost all cases there is apparently no investigation at all, beyond interviewing the officers about their beliefs of what happened.

Anyway, these incidents are also being used by corrections and LE officers to justify #censorship and #torture of #prisoners.

https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/worker-dies-at-california-prison-amid-fentanyl-exposure-concerns-13173

#fentanyl #drugs #panic #prison #oppression

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Worker Dies At California Prison Amid Fentanyl Exposure Concerns

A grave incident unfolded at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California, where the tragic death of Marc Fischer, a mailroom supervisor, has sparked deep concern…
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@guyjantic@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

New rabbit hole: There's apparently been a full-blown panic among law enforcement and corrections officers about fentanyl exposure for the past 3 or more years. Large numbers of LEOs believe that merely touching fentanyl is fatal. There are multiple online videos of officers touching something confiscated in an arrest and then collapsing. There are reports of dozens of correctional officers being rushed to the ER after reportedly touching fentanyl soaked into envelopes in the mail room--one even died last year (summer 2024).

Meanwhile, there are MDs and substance use experts on record saying that literally cannot happen: nobody even gets a buzz from fentanyl by just touching it, let alone dying. There is now scholarly research documenting the widespread false beliefs about fentanyl in LEO circles, and at least one suggesting that all the incidents represent a "culture bound syndrome" in law enforcement; essentially a mass delusion, which triggers panic attacks and perhaps some hypnosis-like states of consciousness.

I haven't verified this point, yet, but I saw one online document alleging that in none of the alleged single-contact exposure reactions to fentanyl (or amphetamines, which are cited in many other incidents) has there ever been an investigation finding any drugs on the mail items, or finding that the officer's reaction really was from the drug they apparently touched. In almost all cases there is apparently no investigation at all, beyond interviewing the officers about their beliefs of what happened.

Anyway, these incidents are also being used by corrections and LE officers to justify #censorship and #torture of #prisoners.

https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/worker-dies-at-california-prison-amid-fentanyl-exposure-concerns-13173

#fentanyl #drugs #panic #prison #oppression

The Pinnacle Gazette

Worker Dies At California Prison Amid Fentanyl Exposure Concerns

A grave incident unfolded at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California, where the tragic death of Marc Fischer, a mailroom supervisor, has sparked deep concern…
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@anarchismhub@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp last week

Anarchist Black Cross Dresden: **Update on the Budapest trial: Anti-fascists in court**

https://abcdd.org/en/2025/09/27/update-on-the-budapest-trial-anti-fascists-in-court/

MajaMaja remains in solitary confinement in Hungary. At the beginning of the year, Maja’s lawyers attempted to have her detention […]

#News #Prisoners #Antifa #Budapest #Prison #Solidarity

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Update on the Budapest trial: Anti-fascists in court

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@anarchismhub@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp last month

Anarchist Black Cross Dresden: 29.08. Letter writing as part of WOSWAP

https://abcdd.org/en/2025/08/24/29-08-letter-writing-as-part-of-woswap/

Friday, August 28, 2020, 5 PM at Malobeo, Kamenzerstr. 38 From August 23 to 30, the International Week of Solidarity […]

#Events#Prison#Prisoners #Solidarity

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