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Dec. 19, 2024 – “The prospect of nitozines being out in the community drug supply is certainly worrisome because that increases the risk of overdose, when you have a very potent chemical that small amounts can be the difference between being comfortably high and not breathing anymore.” Experts say it is being shipped in from overseas, usually China. Dealers then press fake prescription drugs and put them out on the street as if they’re legitimate. Bodner says stopping these shipments coming through customs is almost impossible.
“This drug is so powerful it takes so little of it, that the packages coming in are so small,” Bodner said. “It does not take much to mass produce fake pills, so you can order a relatively small package, have it get through customs, not be searched (and it) arrives in your community.”
Officials say they haven’t seen a lot of it yet. The advice in case of an overdose is to use Narcan.
