DRUG TRENDS: Heroin & Fentanyl

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1 DRUG TRENDS: Heroin & Fentanyl

2 Housekeeping & Resources Housekeeping All attendees will receive certificate of attendance All registrants will receive webinar recording and copy of slides These items are all delivered via within a week after the live event today Resources NARK News - Full NARK line - Your Account Team and Jack (800)

3 Heroin Origin Southwest Asia (Afghanistan) Southeast Asia (Cambodia/Vietnam) Colombia Mexico

4 Heroin Production Colombia: 800 hectares 2 metric tonnes Heroin Mexico: 17,000 hectares 42 metric tonnes Heroin Afghanistan: 211,000 hectares 6,300 metric tonnes Heroin over 80% worlds production

5 Heroin Trafficking Routes

6 Heroin Mexican Golden Triangle

7 Heroin Colors Asian: White Colombia: Light Gray Chalky Mexican: Black Tar, Brown, Tan, Whitish

8 Heroin Refinement & Purity Darker the Heroin the more crude the manufacturing White Heroin more complicated refinement Mexican traditionally darker more recently credited with using Colombian recipes (becoming whiter) Average street Heroin 47% (as high as 80%)

9 HEROIN China White Originally referred to as Asian Heroin Now refers to either pure Fentanyl or very strong Heroin/Fentanyl mix Misunderstanding by consumers in what they believe they re buying

10 Heroin Cuts Mannitol Lactose Fentanyl Up to 80 x strength of Morphine Cut into or substituted for Heroin Clan lab from Mexico Asian equivalent is analog of Fentanyl called Acetyl-fentanyl Quinine

11 Fentanyl Normally sold in powder form Found in glassine bags or wax envelopes often stamped with brand names Often sold as Heroin consumers not aware of switch

12 Heroin/Fentanyl Texture Heroin/Fentanyl: loose powder, not clumpy, if in chunk will reduce to fine powder easily varying colors Cocaine: powder or chunk (crack) always sticks together, never fine loose powder white/off-white

13 Fentanyl Street names for Fentanyl Examples from 2005 to 2007 Suicide Mission Code Blue Reaper Lethal Injection

14 Heroin/Fentanyl Handling Wear nitrile gloves to handle, field test and package all samples suspected to be Heroin or Fentanyl Dispose of nitrile gloves at Department only Wash hands thoroughly upon completion of handling

15 Heroin/Fentanyl Testing Amounts

16 Heroin/Fentanyl Field Testing Fentanyl Acetyl-fentanyl Mecke s Reagent Fentanyl Reagent

17 Heroin Tip For Testing Dark Heroin Dark resins of brown and black tar heroin can form tan to brown liquid 1 st ampoule Break & agitate 2 nd ampoule for 10 seconds Flip test upside down: Green will appear on glass shards

18 THC Concentrates Marijuana & THC Concentrates are two separate substances THC Concentrate and Hash/Hash Oil both extracts Extracts charged as FELONY

19 NARK News Newsletter on various drug trends, new field tests and safety alerts for new substances Sent via 4-5 times per year with a new issue coming soon NO CHARGE To place your name on the newsletter listing Contact: Jack S. Thorndike jackthorndike@aol.com

20 NARK Instructor Training Conducted at your location at NO CHARGE Requirement: Power Point projector only Minimum number of Officers: 20 Morning, afternoon or both depending on numbers Invite surrounding agencies to attend All attending departments receive certificates and a copy of the Power Point for future training Jack S. Thorndike Tel: (910) jackthorndike@aol.com

21 Housekeeping & Resources Housekeeping All attendees will receive certificate of attendance All registrants will receive webinar recording and copy of slides These items are all delivered via within a week after the live event today Resources NARK News - Full NARK line - Your Account Team and Jack (800)