A woman has taken to Twitter to mourn her son who passed away after unknowingly smoking marijuana that was laced with fentanyl.

The bereaved with the handle @selestejeanene made the disclosure on Thursday, October 29, noted that lacing marijuana with fentanyl was becoming a national crisis. She urged everyone to be very careful.

This young man died after smoking marijuana that was laced with fentanyl. Photo credit: @selestejeanene/Twitter

She wrote on the social media platform:

"My beautiful son died from unknowingly smoking marijuana that was laced with fentanyl. This sh*t is crazy and is becoming a national crisis. BE CAREFUL!"

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Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine and used as a pain medication.

Tweeps took to the comment section of her post to offer their condolences and also share their thoughts.

A Twitter user with the handle @SxlxJxnes wrote:

"First of all, sorry for your loss. Second, there’s no economic value in adding fentanyl to weed. Anyone that really smokes will be able to taste the difference immediately. This might of been done purposely?"

Another tweep user with the handle @MisterPoncho94 wrote:

"This is why marijuana should be legalized, so this doesn’t happen & by chance it does we know who to hold accountable. "Dealers claims to have “exotic” & “pressure”.. That’s cool, but show me the receipt!"

@DSD02541556 commented:

"Fentanyl is dangerous shit and should be handled carefully if at all, like anything else with effective doses measured in micrograms (1/1000 of a milligram)."

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In other news, a mouse in Canada has successfully completed its stay in a makeshift rehab centre after it was caught chomping on cannabis leaves.

The tiny rodent which was caught plucking leaves from a weed farmer’s backyard for two weeks one day lacked the ability to sustain the high and dropped on its back.

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As I write this blog, an ounce of gold costs over seventy-five times more than an equal weight of silver. Why the huge difference?

Is it Supply?



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Economic theory states that as the supply of something increases, price tends to drop. Conversely, scarcity and demand drive prices upward. If this model is correct, the high cost of gold should suggest that it's less abundant than silver. But is it? Here’s where the story gets murky.

According to my unofficial research, the present supply of processed gold exceeds that of silver. Huh? If that were true, silver should cost more than gold, per the theory of supply and demand. Right? Partly. Even though there’s more gold sitting around, it’s still considered rarer than silver. Here’s more of the story:

Estimates put the amount of silver in the Earth’s crust at over seventeen times that of gold. Almost nine times more silver is mined per year. If this is true, why is there currently more gold than silver?

Is it What Gold and Silver Are Used for?

The majority of gold gets made into jewelry. The majority of silver is used industrially. Old gold rings and chains are rarely thrown away; they’re recycled into new jewelry.

Silver, on the other hand, is used in tiny amounts and not worth recycling. More often than not, it disappears into landfills.

Gold that was minded a thousand years ago is still around. Silver used for conductivity purposes in dated electronic devices... not so much.

Is it Demand?



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Demand for gold is high. Higher than silver? Yes. I would guess that the majority of women reading this article are currently wearing gold jewelry. Per our theory, the higher the demand, the higher the price.

On the other hand, some financial advisers warn of an impending silver shortage due to the increased demand in the electronics industry. One went so far as to suggest that its price would near that of gold someday. Maybe silver is actually the better investment. But don’t ask me; talk to a Wall Street expert. Then again, you might be better off investing in index funds.

Do current metal prices reflect demand? Since gold sells for over 75 times that of silver, is gold seventy-five times more valuable? Is the demand 75 greater? Do seventy-five people buy gold for every one person that buys silver? That doesn’t sound right. Maybe silver is simply cheaper because there’s so much more of it hiding beneath the surface of the Earth. Per supply and demand theory, the more abundant a commodity, the less its cost.