Outdoor Air: Fentanyl can be released into outdoor air as fine particles or liquid spray (aerosol).Food: Fentanyl can be used to contaminate food.

Water: Fentanyl can be used to contaminate water.Indoor Air: Fentanyl can be released into indoor air as fine particles or liquid spray (aerosol).(It is unclear whether the gas used also included other chemical agent(s).) Fentanyl is odorless. In October 2002, the Russian military reportedly used “a fentanyl derivative” against terrorists holding hostages in a Moscow theater 127 of the hostages died. Fentanyl (and other opioids) could possibly be used as an incapacitating agent to impair a person’s ability to function.

Fentanyl is estimated to be 80 times as potent as morphine and hundreds of times more potent than heroin. Fentanyl depresses central nervous system (CNS) and respiratory function.

DESCRIPTION: Fentanyl is a member of the class of drugs known as fentanyls, rapid-acting opioid (synthetic opiate) drugs that alleviate pain without causing loss of consciousness (analgesic).

APPEARANCE: Crystals or crystalline powder.

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