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Nitazenes

A class of benzimidazole-based synthetic opioids structurally unrelated to fentanyl but with potent mu-opioid receptor agonism. Isotonitazene, metonitazene, and protonitazene have been responsible for overdose deaths in the US, UK, and EU since 2019.

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