Two congressmen are reaching across the aisle in try to stop nitazenes — a deadly new Narcan-resistant synthetic opioid that is already causing a “new wave” of overdose deaths .

The Nitazene Control Act, introduced by Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) and Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), seeks to get ahead of the problem by legally classifying it as a drug with no medical use and high overdose risk.

The bill would also close a loophole that allows some versions of the drug to fall outside laws banning synthetic opioids. 3

After US authorities increased efforts to cut off the supply of fentanyl , Chinese pharma companies and cartels in Mexico have already moved to introduce nitazenes, a class of narcotic that can be more than 40 times more deadly than fentanyl.

“Nitazenes are the next

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