| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Opioide
UNODC. February 2026 - Increasing nitazene and orphine analogues (synthetic opioids) and the implications for the use of test strips
UNODC. February 2026 - Increasing nitazene and orphine analogues (synthetic opioids) and the implications for the use of test strips
VIENNA, Austria – 25 February 2026: Nitazenes are a class of potent synthetic opioids comprising multiple structural analogues. The earliest reported analogue of this group, isotonitazene, was notified to the UNODC Early Warning Advisory in 2019. Since then, a total of 34 analogues have been notified to UNODC and they have increasingly been detected in seized drug samples and toxicology casework across at least 37 countries (Figure 1). (UNODC - UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Service Portals, Wien, 25.02.2026)
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