A DOWN FOREVER –
Jan. 9, 2024 – Bromazolam is a benzodiazepine – a class of drugs used to treat anxiety – Benzodiazepines, or benzos, are depressants that cause sedation, slowing the body and brain down. However, high potency benzos like Bromazolam can cause loss of coordination, drowsiness, dizziness, respiratory depression, and death. he Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) reported the first positive blood test result for the drug in September 2020.
Between then and June 2023, there were a total of 1,791 postmortem blood samples supplied to the organization from coroners and medical examiners that tested positive for Bromazolam.
The CFSRE reports Bromazolam once made up just four percent of novel benzos in circulation in 2021, but estimates its presence rose to 73 percent of the supply in the first six months of 2023.
And it is increasingly being mixed with the deadly opioid fentanyl. The CFSRE reported that 83 percent of its samples tested positive for fentanyl.
It is sold under names such as ‘XLI-268,’ ‘Xanax,’ ‘Fake Xanax,’ and ‘Dope.’
The drug can be sold as tablets, in a powder form or as gummies. On several websites selling the drug based in China, Europe and the US, prices range from $20 for two dozen 3mg tablets, $8 for a single 1mg tablet and $356 for an unspecified amount of 5mg tablets.
