// Aren't we going a bit OTT here? // S
yes we most certainly are.
You local hospital uses it every day on every operating list as it is such a good analgesic ( pain killer ) . It is also a powerful respiratory depressant ( stops you breathing ) and so it is necessary to maintain respiration.
It is also a drug of abuse ( a bit like Trama dol) - God knows why.
You can die if someone pukes fentanyl laden puke over you ? - well not really - it is used by injection
Laurence Harvey's daughter died from it - fentanyl patches are available. Day-zir-ay or someone - she worked as a bounty hunter in Amerikee. Nope I am not making this up. Had intractable back pain - you see and zooped a litte too much
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_Harvey