Nitazines are being sourced from China and being mixed into other drugs, the DEA says. Isotonitazene, also known as nitazene or ISO, is a synthetic opioid first identified around 2019. Four times as many nitazenes-involved overdoses were identified in Tennessee in 2021 than in 2020, researchers say. Nitazene-tainted opioids in illicit drug supply isn’t specific to Tennessee or D.C. The DEA issued an alert in June on the same class of drugs being spotted in that area.Read Long Article
