Nearly 22,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at US borders during the 2024 fiscal year, according to data from the US Customs ...

The increase in the manufacture and use of highly-addictive synthetic opioids is a global challenge. The EU is taking action to curb this global affliction on society. Opioids are a class of drugs ...

Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid. Two of the men, Peter Haslam and Adrian Davies, overdosed and went ...

Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more ... Injections may be used during or after surgery, for example, while patches help treat persistent pain in patients that ...

Super-strength synthetic opioids pose a growing threat to Europe ... future problem”, they pointed to Estonia and Latvia as examples showing how nitazenes can fuel a rapid rise in overdoses.

GREENACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A Greenacres man was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on Friday for selling thousands of synthetic opioids 'stronger than fentanyl.' Blake Alfonso Kolessa ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) is issuing an alert after a synthetic opioid, more potent than fentanyl, was found in the local unregulated drug supply. Health ...

Since June 2023, at least 400 deaths have been linked to new synthetic opioid drugs that were either not previously linked to severe public health concerns or had been created with compositions ...