I am sorry for your loss too : (..
As somewhat of a veteran opi user, there are 2 that I've vowed never to touch.. H3roin & Fentanyl..
I lost a couple of friends when I was in my teens to the first one, also one to a m3thadone overdose... And even though a few of them have survived and are still mainlining H multiple times a day, they may aswell be lost. I sometimes see them, for want of a better word 'shuffling' around town.. Looking and talking to them is a very sobering experience!.. They've lost everything, everyone and themselves in the process.. It makes me extremely sad to see where and what they have become now...
As for the latter, I haven't had much experience, as it's not really hit UK streets... However, I have extensively researched the drug and it's abuse potential.. I am not talking about the prescribed patch or 'lolly' version as I completely understand that it must be a life saver for people's legitimate pain management..
I also recently watched a BBC documentary on Fentanyl in Chicago... The dealer was adding 2 tiny, tiny grains of it to his own skull stamped brand wrap of H. He remarked that one more grain would have resulted in a fatal overdose for anyone who were to shoot his product?! That's some scary shit right there! And I'm sure most of these people don't really give a fuck about whatever happens to the end user after the fact...
Profits over people again! What a lovely world we live in...
~P~