https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/fentanyl-opioids-exposure.html?searchResultPosition=8

This article from the New York Times discusses how despite fentanyl being one of the most powerful opioids created, the idea that one can just touch or breathe in the drug and have fatal affects is disinformation. The disinformation has spread to the point where even federal agencies seem divided over whether or not police officers put their life in danger when dealing with fentanyl cases. The article also disproves the cases that have “occurred” by stating that these people who believe they have come in contact with the opioid will start to convince themselves of the expected symptoms of that exposure, a so-called nocebo effect. This fentanyl disinformation deals with the contradictory and overriding suspicion aspects of CONSPIRE as the idea that people can have fatal responses to simply touching fentanyl clearly contradicts and overrides the scientific knowledge that opioids have always specifically needed to be injected into the bloodstream (usually using needles) to work. This fentanyl conspiracy also has persecuted victims as police officers were claiming to be affected by fentanyl and several states were still challenging medical evidence and spending millions of dollars on protective gear that many specialists say are unnecessary.