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  "description": "Another WFAM - Waste of the Week where communities are paying for a product out of fear and out of touch with how drugs work",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T13:46:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://news.opioidpolicy.org",
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    "☕ Buy Tony a Coffee",
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  "textContent": "Look, y’all...you’ll have to forgive our frustration, but the ‘fentanyl frenzy’ that gripped law enforcement and media since 2021 is _still_ shaping terrible policy (looking at you, ‘fentanyl as a WMD’ boosters) and leaving our communities worse off.\n\n**Touching fentanyl alone will not lead to an overdose.** This is a myth that has been widely debunked. Yet, if you’ve spent any time on local law enforcement social media, news reports, or opioid settlement spending documents, you’ve probably seen the warnings: “Fentanyl can absorb through your skin.”\n“We need [**STUFF**] to protect law enforcement from deadly exposure to fentanyl.”\n\nSocial media posts and news reporting on this 2021 “event” in San Diego have almost**19 million views**. And there are so many more stories just like this. The message is clear: fentanyl is so dangerous that just being near it could kill you. And when fear enters the room, profiteers selling a “solution” follow. Cue up billions in opioid settlement money, and we have a recipe for a WFAM bonanza.\n\n#### Quick WFAM Project Updates (04.02.2026)\n\n  * Our database is at ****649 WFAM examples****\n  *     * 📈 ****+39 WFAM**** examples since last post\n  * Current ****WFAM Total: ~$39.2 mil****\n  *     * 📈 ****+$3.5mil**** since last post\n\n\n\n☕ Buy Tony a Coffee\n\n## TruNarc: To Narc or Not to Narc? 🐀\n\nToday, we're calling out spending opioid settlement money on handheld drug detectors for law enforcement:\n\n#### TruNarc (Handheld Drug Detectors) (+$5,037,102)\n\n  *     *       * ****Vendors**** : Thermo Fisher Scientific, Anton Paar, Metrohm, Autoclear, 908 Devices, Detectachem\n      * ****Where**** : Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Wyoming\n      * ****Initial Spending**** : Device + training\n      * ****Long-term Costs**** : Maintenance, replacement, additional equipment\n      * ****Unallowable spending in**** : California, Indiana, South Carolina, & Virginia\n      * ****AKA**** : Ramen spectrometer, handheld ramen spectrometer, handheld spectrometer, handheld narcotics analyzer, pocket-size ramen, trace detectors, etc\n\n\n\n## Background\n\nLet’s start with: _what is a handheld drug detector device?_\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "TruNarc: To Narc or Not to Narc? 🐀",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-02T14:39:37.252Z"
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