Nitazenes, the New Synthetic Opioids, Aren’t “More Deadly Than Fentanyl”

Nitazenes, the New Synthetic Opioids, Aren’t “More Deadly Than Fentanyl”

“Two Young Men Die From Street Drug That’s 43 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl. It’s Taking Hold in the US.” —People “Stronger Than Fentanyl: A Drug You’ve Never Heard of Is Killing Hundreds Every Year” —Wall Street Journal “This Little-Known Synthetic Opioid Is Up to 43 Times More Deadly Than Fentanyl, Resistant to Narcan and Killing Young Americans” —New York Post   These headlines are about nitazenes, the colloquial name for a category of novel s…