KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) – Officials in Knoxville are warning that a new drug has suddenly popped up in East Tennessee that is more deadly than fentanyl.
It is an opioid called N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, or cychlorphine for short.
The Knox County Regional Forensic Center blames it for a rash of overdoses in the region, including one in McMinn County…