There is a warning about a powerful and potentially new group of synthetic opioids now on New York City’s streets.
CBS News New York’s Jennifer Bisram discussed the issue with city’s top drug enforcement agent and state officials.
Nitazene more powerful than fentanyl, DEA says
Bisram recently spent a day in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York lab with Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino, who talked about nitazene and other illegally pressed pills seized from an operation on Long Island earlier this month.
“In the past, we’ve talked about the lethality of fentanyl and we say that it is anywhere between 10 and 20 grains of salt is a lethal dose … When we look at nitazene, we’re talking about anywhere from one grain or less,” Tarentino said. “We’re seeing anywhere from 20-40% more powerful than fentanyl.”…