[JshWright]

When I say I hate fentanyl, I mean I hate the illicit and recreational use of fentanyl. I'm well aware of its legitimate uses (it's my go-to analgesic in the back of the ambulance). The drug itself isn't 'good' or 'bad', it's just a chemical... it's amoral.

All fentanyl, legal or otherwise, starts out as a powder (generally as the salt, fentanyl citrate, though illicit labs produce a number of variations...). You're right that there is no powdered form sold legally, but most of the illicit sales come from labs in Mexico and China, and is indeed in powdered form.