Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown
Drug experts say manufacturers are shifting to orphines after China tightened nitazene controls, and U.S. seizure reports have topped 8,000 since 2019.
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Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown
This article was co-published with Signal Ohio and STAT. In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor. She had a high GPA, Taylor added, and did especially well in science and Latin. In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed OxyContin. The painkiller marked the beginning of a yearslong descent through addic…
The rise of nitazenes: Super-potent synthetic opioids hit Cleveland
By Jonathan Moens, Bellingcat In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor. She had a high GPA, Taylor added, and did especially well in science and Latin. In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed OxyContin. The painkiller marked the beginning of a yearslong descent through addiction — from prescription …
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