'Grey Death': the deadliest drug on the market

In some of our articles we have talked about the effects of drugs and their consequences for our health. And it is that this type of substance can make us feel really good, although it can also cause us psychological, physical, economic, family and social problems.

Even worse, some drugs can cause death by overdose, and one of them is the new drug known as "grey death". According to experts, the deadliest of all.

Actually, this drug is a combination of psychoactive substances, some of them very well known. Before continuing with the article, you can watch the following video.

"Grey death" has already claimed several victims

A new drug is wreaking havoc in the United States due to its dangerousness. In recent weeks, the US authorities have raised the alarm since they have Several deaths occurred due to the consumption of the drug "gray death" which, according to the researchers, can cause death in a single dose. At the moment, it is known that several people have lost their lives in the states of Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

This drug has an appearance similar to cement. However, what is hidden behind this stone-like drug is neither more nor less than a cocktail of psychoactive substances that can take a person on a journey of no return. The gray death is made up of heroin, fentanyl, a synthetic opioid called U-47700 and carfentanil, an elephant sedative. The name gray death perfectly defines the appearance and harmful effects of this drug.

A lethal drug cocktail

This drug cocktail is highly toxic and contains substances that are very harmful to the human organism.. No one doubts the danger of some of these substances, such as heroin. But one of the most harmful components of this drug is Carfentanil.

Carfentanil is a sedative for animals the size of an elephant, which has become popular in recent times because it is also consumed separately, that is, not as part of this drug. In recent months, hundreds of doses of this substance have been seized throughout the United States. Dr. Rob Hilsenroth, general director of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, already warned of its lethal effects in an interview with Efe. However, this drug continues to be exported to the United States from China, where it lacks control. Hilsenroth affirms that carfentanil is up to "ten thousand times more powerful than morphine", and was even among the substances investigated as a chemical weapon.

Regarding the gray death, David Rausch, Knoxville police chief, affirms that "there are chemical compounds in this drug that are very dangerous", and warns that "gray death is 100 times more powerful than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine".

Mindful of its fatal effects, the Tennessee Department of Investigation has requested that authorities to take precautionary measures superior to those used with other opioids, since, according to count, just by touching this substance an individual can die of an overdose, since the drug is absorbed through the skin.

One very deadly drug

The truth is that this drug is highly lethal. Being a mixture of substances, the reaction in a person's body can be very negative.. Many of the drugs found on the street can contain different drugs at the same time, but generally the active ingredient is more or less clear. When you ask a scientist what he is investigating, he will answer: cocaine, heroin, ecstasy... In the case of this drug, he may say: I don't know!

And it is that in the composition of the gray death they have also found a mixture of other substances in addition to those mentioned, for example, cocaine. However, this drug is considered a synthetic opioid.

Each year, opioids kill about 30,000 people in the United States and, in fact, more than 100,000. Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. diseases of this country. Without a doubt, the state of Ohio is a state hard hit by this type of drugs, because according to the records of this agency, a total of 3,050 people died of heroin overdoses and other opioids.

• Heroin is the best known opiate, you can learn more about this drug in our article: “Heroin: symptoms, effects and type of withdrawal”

New drugs that have emerged in recent years

The drug business is a very lucrative business, so drug dealers are always looking for ways to expand and make more money. That is why, in recent years, new drugs have appeared or other psychoactive substances that perhaps had ceased to be fashionable have been marketed.

Just a few months ago we talked about a new, powerful and deadly substance known as Flakka (you can read the article at this link) that wreaked havoc and was known as “$5 madness” for its low price. We also heard about a drug called Tucibi (in English, 2CB) which has become fashionable again among the upper class for its hallucinogenic effects.

And another of the cases that has drawn the most attention from experts in recent years is the drug Krokodil, which causes truly frightening effects in people who consume it.

• If you wish, you can learn more about this substance in our article: “The creepy effects of a new drug: 'Krokodil'