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An increase in potent "Frankenstein opioids" prompts warning from Ohio attorney general
Tori B. PowellCBS
20 Apr 2022
Excerpt:
A growing presence of dangerous synthetic opioids called nitazenes in Ohio has prompted a warning from the state's Attorney General Dave Yost. The drugs, nicknamed "Frankenstein opioids," have been deemed a public health concern by the Drug Enforcement Administration and are not approved for medical use anywhere in the world.
In the first quarter of 2022, officials reported 143 nitazene cases in Ohio, which is an increase from 27 cases reported in the same quarter in 2021. The drugs can be 1.5 to 40 times more potent than fentanyl and have contributed to deaths across the United States and Canada, according to a bulletin from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Laboratory Division.
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