LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security is warning the public about a synthetic drug detected in central Kentucky called cychlorphine, which the agency says is 10 times more potent than fentanyl.
First responders and healthcare workers are asked to use extreme caution when encountering any unknown substances. The warning has also put recovery workers on high alert.
Recovery workers respond
Staff at Recovery Cafe Lexington say the drug’s potency is not the only concern — limited available information about cychlorphine is also a factor.
“Everything gets stronger. Marijuana’s stronger than it used to be, crack is more addictive than cocaine, heroin users graduated to fentanyl users and so I’m not really that surprised to see something four to ten times stronger than fentanyl,” said Joshua Vanover, a recovery worker at Recovery Cafe Lexington…