Synthetic opioid more potent than fentanyl detected in north Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – A synthetic opioid made to look identical to prescription painkillers has been detected in north Louisiana.

Cychlorphine is a synthetic opioid designed to resemble painkillers like oxycodone, also known as M-30 or M-15. The crime lab found one case of the drug in Caddo, DeSoto and Ouachita parishes.

Crime lab officials said the number of cases could grow in the future…

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