Fast Facts on Fentanyl
A new informational toolkit that highlights how digital drug dealers utilize social media to sell illicit substances and warns that those substances may contain deadly amounts of synthetic opioids. Download the free toolkit and learn about synthetic opioids—including the emerging threat of nitazenes.
Download the free toolkit here.
Download the toolkit in Spanish here.
Nitazenes
The drugs, categorized as nitazenes, have no medical use and can cause adverse health effects, including overdose deaths. These synthetic opioids are linked to at least 15 deaths in Florida since 2020, including two in Pasco County. Forensic labs in Florida first began identifying cases of nitazenes in 2020. Since then, 268 cases have been identified; however, the prevalence of these substances likely exceed those reported. Nitazenes may appear in many common forms, including powder, liquid and counterfeit prescription pills.
In April 2022, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an emergency rule to add eight of these deadly synthetic opioids to the Schedule I of controlled substances in Florida. The eight synthetic opioids are:
- N-pyrrolidino etonitazene—10x more potent than fentanyl;
- Etodesnitazene—Up to 10x more potent than fentanyl;
- Isotonitazene—5x more potent than fentanyl;
- Protonitazene—2x more potent than fentanyl;
- Metonitazene—Equipotent to fentanyl;
- Butonitazene—20x less potent than fentanyl;
- Metodesnitazene—100x less potent than fentanyl; and
- Flunitazene—100x less potent than fentanyl.
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News Releases
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Attorney General Moody Urges President Biden to Classify Illicit Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Attorney General Moody Releases Fast Facts on Fentanyl to Educate Parents About the Dangers of Synthetic Opioids
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Attorney General Moody Demands President Biden Take Action to Stop the Flow of Deadly Drugs on First-Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Attorney General Moody Issues Emergency Rule Outlawing Eight Deadly Synthetic Opioids
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Attorney General Moody Warns of New Deadly-Synthetic Opioid More Powerful Than Fentanyl
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: AG Moody Issues Dire Warning Following Fentanyl Overdoses of West Point Cadets on Spring Break in Florida
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Attorney General Moody Warns Spring Breakers About Dangers of Using Drugs and Mixing Drugs with Alcohol
- Attorney General Moody Warns Floridians About Lethal Counterfeit Pills Flooding the Black Market
- ONE PILL CAN KILL: Enough Fentanyl Seized in Past Few Months to Kill the Entire Population of Florida
- Attorney General Moody Warns Parents About Rainbow Fentanyl Ahead of Halloween
- VIDEO: Attorney General Moody Encourages Parents to Talk to Children About the Dangers of Fentanyl During Red Ribbon Week
- Families Against Fentanyl Praises Growing Bipartisan Support for WMD Designation
- VIDEO: Attorney General Moody Warns Floridians About Lethal Counterfeit Pills Flooding the Black
Resources
- DEA: One Pill Can Kill
- DEA EMOJI DRUG CODE – DECODED
- Song For Charlie – Real Talk About Fake Pills
- Families Against Fentanyl