USA. 'Susceptible to overdose or death': Deadly new drug shows up on Tri-State streets

USA. 'Susceptible to overdose or death': Deadly new drug shows up on Tri-State streets

A potent new synthetic opioid is showing up in the Tri-State drug supply, alarming local addiction-response leaders who say the biggest danger is that users often do not know what they are taking.

(…) The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security has issued a warning after cyclorphine was found in the Bluegrass State. In Tennessee, cyclorphine has caused at least a dozen overdose deaths. (LOKAL12, USA, 23.02.2026)

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