[danrocks]

One of the favorite conspiracy theories of mine is that Fentanyl is a secret government project designed to scare the shit out of drug users so they stop using due to the fear of contamination.

[fogforthought93]

What would the short-term benefit of this be for the government?

[dmonitor]

raise untraceable funds for black projects by selling fentanyl

[danrocks]

Reducing consumption of drugs in general due to mass spreading of fear of instant death from laced coke could be one.

Also there's money in selling Fentanyl.

[ip26]

Reducing consumption of drugs

Why would a government nefarious enough to poison citizens care about this?

[golergka]

I think it's China's revenge for Opium wars.