Please do not hate Fentynal, hate the people choosing to use it. As a person who suffers from chronic severe pain due to a near fatal illness, I can tell you that For people like us Fentynal is a life saver as far as the quality of life it provides to those who need it. It is one of the few medications I can take as it does not metabolize in the liver, if any does it is a tiny amount. Fentynal also does not come in a powdered form they are taking a liquid version and mixing it into powders, other then that one form all other preparations are majorly tamper resistant being either in a matrix that almost makes it impossible to even be affective in the system or on a patch which breaks down over time to slowly release in the body. Of course there are exceptions, but please do not hate the drug, hate this sick bastards that are using it to increase their illegal sales! (my apologies to the OP for hijacking their question.)
When I say I hate fentanyl, I mean I hate the illicit and recreational use of fentanyl. I'm well aware of its legitimate uses (it's my go-to analgesic in the back of the ambulance). The drug itself isn't 'good' or 'bad', it's just a chemical... it's amoral.
All fentanyl, legal or otherwise, starts out as a powder (generally as the salt, fentanyl citrate, though illicit labs produce a number of variations...). You're right that there is no powdered form sold legally, but most of the illicit sales come from labs in Mexico and China, and is indeed in powdered form.
I am close to someone in your exact situation who was able to switch to medical marijuana from fentynal and other opioids after dealing with near fatal withdrawal effects. By no means hate fentynal, but perhaps save a bit of hate for regulators who criminalize or perpetuate the criminalization of non-addictive, inexpensive alternatives to opioids to protect pharmaceutical company profits.
