Temporal and geographical patterns of nitazene detections in drug samples and biospecimens in the United States, 2019–2024.

Background and aims: Nitazenes are a novel subclass of synthetic opioids that have been increasingly implicated in the United States (US) overdose crisis. Despite their growing presence in the illicit drug supply, national trends have not been systematically evaluated. This study aimed to describe t...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 121; no. 8; pp. 2019 - 2033
Main Authors: Zhu, David T., Fitzgerald, Nicole D., Palamar, Joseph J., Krotulski, Alex J.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2026
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