Isotonitazene, known as "iso" to drug users, is a dangerous new opioid that causes overdose deaths across the country in the US. As many as 40-50 people every month are dying after getting ahold of this potent drug. Iso is not a legal drug, but its origins are still in the pharmaceutical industry. The formulation
Over the past decade, an alarming number of people have begun to consume drugs like Spice, K2, and synthetic marijuana. When a state or federal agency outlaws the drugs, a new synthesis is often created. Sometimes that synthesis has a component that kills, sometimes it makes the user hallucinate or have seizures. But the price
In Washington DC, over 250 K-2 overdoses have occurred due to what is being described as a “bad batch” of “synthetic marijuana” in the last ten days. Over one hundred of those overdoses occurred over the weekend last week. The overdoses have occurred in all quadrants of the District, which means that the distribution of
In Indianapolis, Indiana, first responders have discovered an alarming new trend. A drug called KD has been making its way into the hands of drug users, and in a few cases, sent them straight to the hospital. In fact, Indianapolis firefighters say a few trips to the hospital every day can be attributed to this
In Central Illinois, two rare “street” Benzos (benzodiazepines) have caused worry about additional overdoses to contend with in addition to the opioid epidemic the region has been seeing. Since last October, Undersheriff Rick Robbins told the media, he has encountered a drug called flubromazolam, known to its users as “liquid Xanax.” Another drug, named etizolam,
More than 81 pounds of synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl, were seized in the past fiscal year, a record-setting number according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The seizure amount, of course, points to much more of the deadly synthetic slipping through the cracks and making it into the hands of those with a substance abuse
Authorities investigating the composition of the dangerous synthetic drugs distributed over the summer across the US have found a dangerous drug masquerading as “synthetic marijuana.” The drug, tested not only from the leftover samples but also from subjects after it metabolized in the body, may be marketed as marijuana, but its effects are dangerously foreign
