Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled and widely available. Producer countries including ...

Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the U.S. to be blamed on the powerful class of synthetic ...

Their deaths were among at least 27 fatalities linked to nitazenes that year in the UK. Since then, nitazenes – otherwise known as 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids – have become more prevalent in ...

(WGN) — Fentanyl is largely fueling the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history, but nitazenes are 20 times more powerful. Nitazenes are a class of opioids now found in pills and powder sold ...

Like Haslam and Davies, many heroin users are unaware they might also be consuming nitazenes, which significantly increase the risk of overdose. Illicit drug use is damaging large parts of the ...

The warning said the nitazenes were mostly found as small blue counterfeit oxycodone tablets - shown here on the Welsh Emerging Drugs and Identification of Novel Substances (WEDINOS) website A ...

Nitazenes are a class of opioids now found in pills and powder sold on the street. And while Narcan can help reverse an overdose, it may take much more. What you need to know about the … ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were briefed by drug experts about emerging illicit drug threats in the United States and what to expect in the next few years. Marijuana laced with fentanyl, the zombie ...