In some of our articles we have talked about the effects of drugs and their consequences for our health. These types of substances can make us feel really good, but they can also cause psychological, physical, economic, family and social problems.

Even worse, some drugs can cause death by overdose, and one of them is the new drug known as “gray death” . According to experts, it is the deadliest of all drugs.

In reality, this drug is a combination of psychoactive substances, some of which are well known. Before continuing with the article, you can watch the following video.

“Grey Death” has already claimed several victims

A new drug is wreaking havoc in the United States because of its dangerousness. In recent weeks, US authorities have sounded the alarm as several deaths have occurred from the use of the drug “gray death” which researchers say can cause death in a single dose . So far, several people are known to have lost their lives in the states of Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

This drug has a cement-like appearance. However, what lies behind this stone-like drug is nothing more or less than a cocktail of psychoactive substances that can take a person on a journey of no return. Death Gray is composed of heroin, fentanyl, a synthetic opioid called U-47700 and carfentanyl, an elephant sedative. The name gray death perfectly defines the appearance and harmful effects of this drug.

A lethal drug cocktail

This drug cocktail is highly toxic and contains substances that are very harmful to the human body . Nobody doubts the dangerousness of some of these substances such as heroin. But one of the most harmful components of this drug is Carfentanyl.

Carfentanyl is an animal sedative of the size of an elephant, which has become popular in recent times because it is also consumed separately, i.e. not as part of this drug. In recent months, hundreds of doses of this substance have been seized throughout the United States. Dr. Rob Hilsenroth, director general of the American Zoo Veterinary Association, warned of its lethal effects in an interview with Efe. However, the drug continues to be exported to the United States from China, where it lacks control. Hilsenroth says that carfentanyl is up to “10,000 times more potent than morphine,” and was even among the substances investigated as a chemical weapon.

Regarding the grey death, David Rausch, Knoxville’s police chief, states that “there are chemical compounds in this drug that are very dangerous,” and warns that “the grey death is 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine.

Aware of its fatal effects, the Tennessee Department of Investigation has requested that the authorities take precautionary measures that are superior to those used with other opioids, since, according to them, just by touching this substance an individual can die of an overdose, since the drug is absorbed through the skin .

One very deadly drug

The truth is, this drug is highly lethal. Being a mixture of substances, the reaction in a person’s body can be very negative . Many of the drugs found on the street may contain different drugs at the same time, but usually the active ingredient is more or less clear. When you ask a scientist what he or she is researching, he or she will answer: cocaine, heroin, ecstasy… In the case of this drug, he or she may say: I don’t know!

In the composition of the grey death, a mixture of other substances has been found in addition to those mentioned, for example, cocaine. However, this drug is considered a synthetic opioid.

Opioids kill about 30,000 people in the United States each year, and in fact, more than 100,000 Americans died from an overdose last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ohio is certainly a state that has been hit hard by these drugs, with a total of 3,050 people dying from overdoses of heroin and other opioids, according to Ohio State records.

  • Heroin is the best known opiate, you can learn more about this drug in our article: “Heroin: symptoms, effects and type of withdrawal”

New drugs that have emerged in recent years

The drug business is a very lucrative business, so drug dealers are always looking for ways to expand and make more money. That is why, in recent years, new drugs have appeared or other psychoactive substances have been given a market that may have gone out of fashion.

Just a few months ago we talked about a new, powerful and deadly substance known as Flakka (you can read the article at this link) that was causing havoc and was known as “5 dollar madness” because of its low price. We also talked about a drug called Tucibi (2CB) that has become fashionable again among the upper class because of its hallucinogenic effects.

And another case that has attracted the attention of experts in recent years is the drug Krokodil, which causes truly frightening effects on people who use it.

  • If you wish, you can learn more about this substance in our article: “The creepy effects of a new drug: ‘Krokodil'”