Special Agent Kimble told KHOU 11 News that Nitazene is a synthetic opioid more than 25 times more potent than fentanyl.

Fifteen people in the Houston area have died from nitazene overdoses during the last year, with the victims ranging in age ...

The DEA reports 15 deaths in Houston related to overdoses from nitazenes a staggering 57 percent increase from November to ...

Reports of synthetic opioids contaminating Australia's drug supply highlight the concerning pace at which they are entering ...

Two Michigan men who sold drugs that led to at least seven overdose deaths and multiple non-fatal overdoses in the Kalamazoo ...

Nitazene is a synthetic opioid more than 25 times more potent than traditional fentanyl.

Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid. Two of the men, Peter Haslam and Adrian Davies, overdosed and went ...

It's called Nitazene, or Benzimidazole-Opioids, a nasty little synthetic drug with no official medical use that some research groups are calling as bad as, or even worse than, fentanyl.

New nitazene compounds are increasingly being found in the illicit drug supply in Ohio, according to the governor’s office. An early detection process developed by the Ohio Narcotics ...

Data of which communities nitazene samples were found from January 2023 to July 2024. (Screenshot via Massachusetts Drug Supply Data) Nitazenes are synthetic opioids that can be more or less ...

This case involves a drug similar to fentanyl, called nitazene, that experts say is just as lethal. When CBS12 News went to Blake Kolessa's home in Lake Worth Beach, some women at that address ...

Evidence gathered from the dark web by ONIC further confirms the availability and interest in nitazene compounds for illicit use.Three overdose deaths involving nitazene compounds were reported in ...