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Judi Lynn

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Wed Jan 3, 2024, 03:57 PM Jan 2024

New Drug That Is 10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl Confirmed In The U.S. [View all]

By Char 12/31/2023 04:32:00 PM
"Char" for Borderland Beat

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE

In the state of Colorado, United States, they confirm the existence of a new drug that they estimate to be 10 times more potent and dangerous than fentanyl.

It is N-desethyl etonitazene and it is the first time that there is clear evidence of this drug in the USA.

The origin of this synthetic opioid, N-desethyl etonitazene, is located, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in China.

The confirmation of the drug occurred with the death of a person by overdose and the authorities of Boulder County, Colorado, sent the sample for investigation.

mortality.

According to the portal Gestión Sanitaria Exprés, it was a man from the state of Colorado who unknowingly bought contaminated quaaludes through the dark web from the state of Colorado.

The consumer's intention was to obtain this hypnotic drug containing methaqualone, a central nervous system depressant that causes euphoria and drowsiness, a synthetic product widely consumed in the United States; however, since it contained traces of N-desethyl etonitazene, its potency was much greater and so were its effects.

More:
https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/12/new-drug-that-is-10-times-more-potent.html

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