New Opioid 10X Stronger Than fentanyl

[Lartinos]

“ Forensic analysts have identified a new and highly potent family of synthetic opioids in the District’s illicit drug supply, a worrisome discovery in a city already struggling with a wave of fatal overdoses that shows no signs of abating.

The opioids, found on used syringes examined by scientists at the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences in September and October, are called protonitazene and isotonitazene, respectively. Experts estimate that each is at least several times more powerful than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has displaced heroin in many parts of the United States and is now responsible for the majority of the country’s drug overdoses, including those in the nation’s capital.

The identification of the “nitazenes” in D.C., first reported by WTOP, comes as the District is reckoning with an opioid crisis that has never been worse. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released this month show that the District saw an estimated 498 fatal overdoses over 12 months during the coronavirus pandemic — an extraordinary figure that eclipses the city’s notably high homicide toll and is larger than the number of drug deaths in 13 states.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/new-opioids-more-powerful-than-fentanyl-are-discovered-in-dc-amid-deadly-wave-of-overdoses/2021/11/29/680afb2c-4d43-11ec-94ad-bd85017d58dc_story.html

[ProudVirgin69]

There’sa handful of opioids more powerful than fentanyl that get used every day in hospital settings.  Carfentanyl, norfentanyl, etc

What’s the point you’re making with this thread?

[Lartinos]

I never said they were in a hospital.

What’s your point?

[residue]

Man o man, remember when america spent a trillion dollars against weed

[ThisisOverload]

Man o man, remember when america spent a trillion dollars against weed

How is the war against drugs doing, anyway?

[deadz]

How is the war against drugs doing, anyway?

Going great just picked up my order from Trulieve today.

[Taffin]

/ESFitness has entered the chat