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Nitazenes can be up to 50 times stronger than fentanyl. They’re not yet common in Australia so now is the time to implement policies to reduce their harm and limit their uptake.
Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids more potent than fentanyl.
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Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
Nitazenes, like this powder sample, are a class of synthetic opioids more potent than morphine and fentanyl.
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An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
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Nitazenes were developed as a powerful class of painkiller in the 1950s, but they were abandoned – until now.