investing $2,000 in glassware and chemicals, a skilled chemist can synthesize one kilogram of the dnig, a quantity worth millions of dollars on the street.
Seeking quick profits, underground manufacturers frequently turn out 'sloppy" batches, with fatal consequences for drug users. Roughly 3,000 times more potent than morphine, 3-methyl-fentanyl has caused at least 100 deaths in California to date. Another narcotic, MPPP (an analog of ~neperi- dine, or Demerol) is only three times as potent...