Powerful painkiller,40 times stronger than heroin , hits Canadian black market

Montreal police said Monday they found a Can$3 million (US$3 million) drug stash that included their first ever black market discovery of a synthetic drug that is “40 times stronger than heroin.

”Authorities seized more than 300,000 tablets of the illegally-produced synthetic prescription drug desmethyl fentanyl, as well as marijuana, hashish and ecstasy from a makeshift Montreal laboratory on April 25, said a statement.

So powerful is the drug that one of the policemen involved in the bust was hospitalized with heart palpitations after briefly coming in contact with it, even though he was wearing a protective mask.

Some of stash was headed for the United States.Two people were arrested.

Owner of 2 pound joint (marijuana) threatens to sue the police for confiscation

Thousands of students at the University of California - Santa Cruz gather on campus on April 20 every year to celebrate '4-20' by lighting up marijuana at 4.20pm. One student went farther than most on Saturday when he unveiled a massive two-pound joint.

In most states, possession of that much marijuana would be a felony punishable by several years in prison. In California, anyone with a prescription can legally possess up to an ounce of the drug. So, instead of arresting the owner, campus police officers simply confiscated it. 

You lied to me, too. Dude you're a liar. You're a liar.... I can't wait to see you in court.  I can show how you're harassing me,' The owner says. 

'We're going to court, man. We're totally going to court.' 

The two-pound joint is possibly worth $5,000 to $6,000.