Nitazenes

‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids

‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids: US Drug Enforcement Administration images accompanying a warning about the emergence of nitazenes in Washington DC, June 2022 USDEA In the early hours of September 14 2021, three men parked in a quiet car park …

Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases

Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases: The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed – mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting to crop up in overdose cases, …