RT Article
T1 “Shop Until You Drop”: Valuing Fentanyl Analogs on a Swedish Internet Forum
JF Journal of drug issues
VO 51
IS 1
SP 181
OP 195
A1 Møller, Kim 1971-
A2 Svensson, Bengt
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1745983228
AB Fentanyl analogs are synthetic opioids used for pain treatment and palliative care, which are also sought after by drug users for their psychoactive properties. Clandestinely produced fentanyl has caused an overdose crises of unprecedented scale in the United States. In Sweden, the retail purchase, possession, and use of some analogs are legal, providing opiate users with a legal alternative, until the process of scheduling is finished. The continuous process of scheduling and introduction of slightly modified variants implies that there is much uncertainty regarding the potency and quality of newly introduced analogs. We examine user perceptions of fentanyl analogs in a thematic analysis of the public internet forum, Flashback, from 2012 to 2019. In 24 threads on fentanyl analogs, posters shared and discussed information on the emergence of new analogs, their desirability and prices, adverse health effects, and eventual scheduling.
K1 Thematic Analysis
K1 Economic sociology
K1 New psychoactive substances
K1 synthetic opioids
K1 Fentanyl
DO 10.1177/0022042620964129