Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force agents find ‘rainbow’ fentanyl for the first time
Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force agents find ‘rainbow’ fentanyl for the first time
“Rainbow” fentanyl was found for the first time in southern Minnesota during an execution of a search warrant last week.
Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force agents seized three multicolored M30 pills on Sept. 16. Agents conducted a field test on the pills and found they contained fentanyl. Friday’s seizure was whenever task first power specialists experienced the splendidly shaded pills that Medication Implementation Organization authorities say can be confused with sweets. All the fentanyl pills that were seized before were blue.
The DEA cautioned people in general in late August of multi-shaded fentanyl pills that are being focused on for more youthful socioeconomics on account of the shading.
“When we talk to the public about how these blue pills are so dangerous and to stay away from these blue pills, now they’re coming in all kinds of different colors,” said Lt. Jeff Wersal, commander of the task force. “We just want to let them know that ‘hey, it’s here.’ The task force found some rainbow fentanyl pills, which means, if we found three of them, then there’s got to be tons more in the area and the state.”
Wersal encouraged guardians to converse with children, companions and friends, and family about not taking any pill except if endorsed to them by a specialist. He said that it’s unknown currently if there’s a difference in the concentration of fentanyl for the rainbow pills.
“Those pills you gotta understand, whether they’re blue or yellow or orange, you don’t know how much fentanyl is in each pill,” Wersal said. “Each pill, one pill could have a milligram of fentanyl in it. … there’s no way of knowing if you’re the user, if you’re the buyer or if you’re the seller. You don’t know what’s in each pill.
Numbers for fentanyl seized in southern Minnesota have increased. Wersal said that so far this year, 4,000 individual fentanyl pills were found in contrast to 12 individual pills that were found in 2021.
“I don’t think it’s gonna get better before it gets worse,” Wersal said. “But, hopefully, it’s like any other drug. A lot of drugs come and go and people will realize that this stuff is too dangerous and it’s poisoning people. Hopefully, we can curb the issue.”