Researchers find high levels of industrial chemical BTMPS in fentanyl | Testing of samples contained an average of 7 times more BTMPS than fentanyl, with BTMPS sometimes accounting for more than 50% of a drug sold as “fentanyl.”
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Researchers find high levels of the industrial chemical BTMPS in fentanyl
A research team has found that drugs being sold as fentanyl contain high amounts of the industrial chemical bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate, or BTMPS. This new substance of concern emerged in the illicit drug supply nearly simultaneously in…
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Many U.S. teens underestimate fentanyl’s deadly risk | Using the synthetic opioid once could be lethal, but many adolescents aren’t aware of the danger, researchers report in JAMA
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Many U.S. teens underestimate fentanyl’s deadly risk
A majority of 8th-graders and roughly a third of 10th- and 12th-graders do not see great risk in using fentanyl once or twice, a study reports.
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