Bellingcat, Author at Signal Cleveland

The UK has also recorded an increase in high-strength nitazenes in recent years. John Fahey, a spokesman for the National Crime Agency, said criminals used the UK as a "transit point" for shipping illicit drugs and that officials were working closely with U.S. law enforcement on nitazene-related cases.

Super-potent synthetic opioids reach Cleveland. How Ohio is bearing the brunt of nitazenes

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Ohio has recorded the highest number of nitazene-related overdose deaths in the U.S. since 2021.