A Scoping Review of the Emergence of Novel Synthetic Opioids in Australian Drug Markets: What Does This Mean for Harm Reduction Responses?  Mammoliti E, Nielsen S, Roxburgh A.  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2026 Jan;45(1):e14079. doi: 10.1111/d…

Fatal intoxication involving amphetamine, clonazafone, a benzodiazepine prodrug, and fluoro-etonitazene, a new synthetic opioid.  Malzacher J, Pulver B, Heller N, Brockbals L, Bolliger SA, Kraemer T, Steuer AE, Poetzsch SN.  Int J Legal…

USA. America must not learn to live with 72,000 overdose deaths a year Why are we celebrating a death toll that exceeds total American combat fatalities in Vietnam every year? (Stat News, USA, 09.03.2026) https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/09/drug-o…

Temporal and geographical patterns of nitazene detections in drug samples and biospecimens in the United States, 2019–2024.  Zhu DT, Fitzgerald ND, Palamar JJ, Krotulski AJ.  Addiction. 2026. doi.org/10.1111/add.70378…

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 ofte…

USA. No, Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Has Not Proved Narcan “Ineffective” A minor media frenzy has been forming around cychlorphine, a novel synthetic opioid described as the “next killer drug” taking over at an “exponential rate” while standard n…