Nitazenes are a new category of synthetic opioids, also known as 2-benzyl ben-z-im-i-da-zole. These little delights were first uncovered in the European drug markets in 2019 and in Scotland in 2021.

They were created in the 1950s to serve as opioid analgesics—that’s painkillers, to you an’ me. Wisely so, they were never approved for marketing. This was because of their soaring levels of potency, an’ when I tell ya that I’m not bleedin’ gildin’ the proverbial lily!

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