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