DEA NEW ORLEANS WARNS NORTHSHORE COMMUNITIES OF LETHAL SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS FOLLOWING OVERDOSE SPIKE

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Field Office issued the following press release:

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division is issuing an urgent public safety advisory to residents across the Northshore, specifically St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes, warning of a deadly group of synthetic opioids known as nitazenes following a recent surge in fatal overdoses.

Forensic analysis and recent law enforcement seizures reveal that nitazenes (an unregulated class of synthetic opioids never approved for medical use) are increasingly circulating through Northshore communities. Sourced primarily from foreign chemical suppliers, nitazenes are...