Cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid stronger than fentanyl, detected in Ohio
Cychlorphine
Cychlorphine is a powerful synthetic opioid that has raised concerns among drug experts in the last year.
It is a lab-made drug that can be produced by amateur chemists all over the world, making it difficult to trace.
It is also drawing national attention because early reports suggest it may be more potent than fentanyl, making overdoses more difficult to reverse.
This spring, a 16-year-old in San Francisco died after taking what he believed was Xanax, but what was actually cyclorphine. Several other overdoses believed to involve the drug have been reported in Ohio, in places…
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