How Much Fentinel Do You Need to Adulterate?

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In its raw form, just like a brick of fentinel, it's then probably not opened until it gets to the destination. And there it's broken up into smaller pa packets and then sold to dealers who then probably, there's maybe another level down. Who is actually adulterating, who is actually putting fentinel in whatever is eventually a sol i could be thThe underworld really relies a lot on mythologies that spread rumors. You can't mix powders with a blade. A blade mixes the powders right around the blade. But most of those guys were, we're just mixidg andthe they thought theywe were doing a good job. The magic bullet

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