Fentanyl china white

GL Henderson, et al. Rapid screening of fentanyl (china white) powder samples by solid phase radioimmunoassay. J Anal Toxicol 14 172, 1990. 

Gas chromatographic analyses of China White (Fentanyl) with the ion-trap detector. Finnigan MAT Application Data Sheet ADS 13. 

In 1979-1980, some illegal fentanyl analogues appeared that were being sold as substitutes for heroin on the street. Suddenly, a series of more than a dozen mysterious deaths occurred in southern California. Upon autopsy, the victims strongly looked as if they had overdosed on heroin however, no traces of heroin could be found in their bodies. Later, forensic chemists identified a fentanyl analogue (alpha-methyl-fentanyl) that was present in all of the victims. As it turns out, alpha-methyl-fentanyl was being sold on the streets under the name China White (Figure 7.2), because it resembled (and contained) pure synthetic heroin that was produced in Southeast Asia. 

Figure 7.2 China White powder, shown here, is a synthetic form of heroin that is very pure. China White that was tainted with illegal fentanyl analogues, which are hundreds of times more potent than heroin, caused numerous overdoses in heroin addicts in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The various forms of fentanyl can be hundreds of times more powerftil than heroin and its effects are indistinguishable. On the street, fentanyl is known as china white. ... 

High None Heroin, synthetic heroin, fentanyl First offense 10 years to (China white), morphine (pure life in prison 1 million forms) to 4 million fine. Second offense 20 years to life in prison 2 million to 8 million fine. 2 or more prior offenses Life imprisonment... 

China white was popular on the West Coast of the United States in the early 1980s and was estimated at 6,000 times the potency of morphine. In the late 1980s, fentanyl was introduced into the club scene in New York, and designer variations were spawned. In the 1990s fentanyl was introduced as a lollipop for young cancer patients to treat their pain and suffering. In this form it entered into all-night raves and club parties. 

Synonyms 3-Methylfentanyl (3MF) a-Methylf-entanyl China White Designer fentanyl p-Fluor-ofentanyl Street fentanyl Synthetic heroin Tango and Cash... 

Note "China White was first thought to ba 3-merhyl-fentanyl, see S. Stinson, Chem, Eng. News 59, 71 (Jan. 19. 1981). 

Ayres, WA. et al. 1981. The bogus drug Three methyl and alpha methyl fentanyl sold as China "White of Psychoactive Drugs 13(1) 91-93. 

The narcotic, fentanyl, which is widely used as an anesthetic, has become abusecL In Philadelpbia, there were 53 fatal doses between April and June 2006. In Chicago, there were 100 deaths in 2006. Across the entire United States, there were at least 500 deaths in 2006. Fentanyl is often mixed with heroin to boost tbe high, and it is sold under the street names of Drop Dead, Lethal Injection, and Get High or Die Trying. In Baltimore, the heroin-addicted population is estimated to be 60,000. Fentanyl is sold on the street under the names China White and Tango Cash. 

Cheng MT, Kruppa GH, McLafferty FW, and Cooper DA (1982) Structural information from tandem mass spectrometry for China White and related fentanyl derivatives. Analytical Chemistry 54 2204-2207. 

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