But, he added, the rise in synthetic opioids follows a trend. “Unfortunately, the illicit drug trade over the past few years has made a … very seismic shift from semi-synthetic drugs ...

Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are ...

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 ...