1950s-era opioids resurfacing on streets as lethal drug, report says

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A report from Vanderbilt University Medical Center is spotlighting an alarming new element being found in street-level drugs.

The report states that Nitazenes, highly potent synthetic opioids developed in the 1950s, have been emerging in overdose cases around the country.

These drugs were created as a potential pain reliever, but were never approved for clinical use, according to the report, and are more than 20 times more potent than fentanyl…

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