The Florida Attorney General is warning people about a ‘Frankenstein’ opioid that is allegedly 40 times more potent than fentanyl and is already spreading across the United States.
Ashley Moody, a Republican, wants the state to pass legislation to add the drug, officially known as “nitazene compounds,” to the Schedule I list of controlled substances.
The legislation would state that opioids have zero acceptable medical use and a high risk of abuse.
The state claims it has been finding the compounds since at least 2020 and recorded more than 140 finds of them in 2022.
“Last year, I signed an emergency rule temporarily adding these deadly nitazene compounds to the Schedule I list of controlled substances,” Moody said.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (pictured) is warning people about a ‘Frankenstein’ opioid that is allegedly 40 times more powerful than fentanyl and is already spreading across the United States.
Ashley Moody, a Republican, wants the state to pass legislation to add the drug, officially known as “nitazene compounds,” to the Schedule I list of controlled substances.
“I am proud to announce my support for SB 736, which will permanently add these incredibly deadly drugs to the Schedule I list,” he said. foxnews earlier this week.
Moody’s is pushing the message that “a pill will kill” and could harm anyone of any age who takes it.
So far, in the first six weeks of 2023 alone, the opioid Frankenstein has been found 34 times in the Sunshine State.
Nitacene compounds have been discovered inside fake pills and have been offered in liquid or powdered form.
Often, as the name suggests, they are used in combination with fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost was the first statewide figure to speak out about the compounds and the first to say they could be 40 times more powerful than fentanyl.
“Frankenstein’s opioids are even deadlier than the drugs already responsible for so many overdose deaths,” Yost said last year. “Police and the public must pay attention to these emerging dangers.”
The drugs have reportedly been found everywhere from San Francisco to areas of the mid-Atlantic, as Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares confirmed finding them in his state.
Moody’s is pushing the message that ‘a pill will kill’ and could harm anyone of any age who takes them.
So far, in the first six weeks of 2023 alone, Frankenstein’s opioid has been found 34 times in the Sunshine State.
“It’s no secret that the opioid epidemic has destroyed communities across the country, including many towns in Virginia. The ‘Frankenstein’ opioids, which are even more powerful than the incredibly deadly and potent fentanyl, are the newest variation and are guaranteed to have a devastating effect on Virginians if we don’t take swift and decisive action,” said Miyares.
Miyares is one of 21 attorneys general asking President Joe Biden to declare drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2022, the number of overdose deaths in the US reached 108,000 people.
The United States is in the midst of a catastrophic fentanyl epidemic that is causing a staggering number of deaths and tearing at the fabric of American society.
The ultra-strong opioid that is eliminated with virtually every street drug in the country killed a record 75,000 Americans in 2021, the equivalent of 1,500 lives lost every week.
Fentanyl, which is 100 times more potent than morphine, started out as a cheap and potent alternative to heroin and was used only by the hardest drug addicts in the US, who mainly injected or smoked pipes.
But its low manufacturing costs and potency have made it the go-to agent for US drug cartels and traffickers looking to expand their supply. Now it’s found in everything from cocaine to molly to street benzodiazepines like Xanax.
Fentanyl has now infected nearly every major city in America, turning the once-prosperous streets of New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia into wastelands. Scenes of zombified addicts injecting or smoking the drug in front of children are increasingly becoming a part of everyday life.
The downtown district has long been a magnet for drug users looking for their next high, but the scale of the problems caused by xylazine is shocking even to locals accustomed to such scenes. distressing.
Deaths caused by fentanyl in the US increased in the 2010s. At the beginning of the decade, 2,666 Americans died from fentanyl overdoses. This number shot up to 19,413 in 2016. The covid worsened the situation, with a record 72,484 deaths registered in 2021
The fentanyl crisis has helped drive the sharp decline in American life expectancy in recent years. Americans now live 76.4 years on average, up from 78.8 years in 2019. In the UK, which suffered from the covid pandemic just like the US, but is not suffering from a fentanyl crisis, hope life increased slightly from 81.3 years in 2019 to 81.52 in 2021.
Fentanyl is up to 100 times more powerful than morphine, one of the most widely used pain relievers in the world.
It only takes a small dose of fentanyl to cause an overdose. Just two milligrams, the equivalent of five grains of salt, is enough to cause death.
Because it is broken down into other popular drugs, many people who overdose do not know they are taking fentanyl. Fentanyl has been partly blamed for the sharp decline in life expectancy in the United States over the past three years.
“Substance use is more dangerous than ever, as fentanyl has continued to permeate the illicit drug supply, increasing the risk of overdose among both people with substance use disorders and those who use drugs occasionally,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director. of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, he said last month.
Experts have described the drop in life expectancy from 78.8 in 2019 to 76.4 in 2021 as “dramatic” and “substantial”.
Washington state authorities say they have run out of space in morgues and crematoriums as the drug rampages through local communities.
