Topic: Methylfentanyl

A listener email provides a detailed breakdown of opiate strengths, noting that pharmaceutical fentanyl is expensive and usually distributed via patches or lollipops. The hosts contrast this with "methylfentanyl," a much cheaper and more potent analog. They speculate that this version is being produced in Syria or Turkey and smuggled into the U.S. as a chemical additive for heroin.

The hosts discuss the deployment of the MV Cape Ray, a U.S. Navy container ship tasked with neutralizing Syrian chemical weapons at sea. They connect this to their previous discussion on methylfentanyl, suggesting the "destruction" of these chemicals might actually be a cover for diverting them into the illicit drug market or other clandestine operations.