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Fentanyl is entirely synthetic and fatal in minute quantity

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Why rely on natural poisons when synthetic chemistry can achieve catastrophe so much faster? Engineered strictly in a lab, this substance aggressively overrides your essential biological functions with microscopic efficiency.

Fentanyl is entirely synthetic and fatal in minute quantity
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