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Synthetic Opioids
TRP reporting and conversations on emerging synthetic opioids, toxicology, forensic detection, and public-safety response.
3 articles · 7 episodes, newest first
Civic Conversations ·
One Drug Can Appear in Four Databases and Produce Four Different Counts
by Brandon Burley
Civic Conversations ·
The Drug Was Detected in an Overdose Death. Did It Cause the Death?
by Brandon Burley
Civic Conversations ·
The Drug Was in the Blood. Routine Tests Were Not Built to Find It.
by Brandon Burley
Podcast · The Redemption Project Podcast ·
New Opioids Move Unevenly
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project Federal detections of a new synthetic opioid show why drug markets do not spread state by state the way most people assume. Federal laboratory detections of a new synthetic op…
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Alabama Watching: What Jefferson County Says About an Emerging Synthetic Opioid
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project Jefferson County officials say cychlorphine has not been detected locally, but the larger issue is how forensic laboratories decide what they are prepared to see. Jefferson Co…
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How Europe Spots New Opioids Early
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project European forensic systems are increasingly identifying synthetic opioids before those substances become fully visible in national overdose statistics, giving health authoritie…
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Newer synthetic opioid vs narcan
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project As newer synthetic opioids appear, responders are again asking how consistently naloxone behaves across changing compounds. The key point remains: naloxone still matters, but…
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Arizona’s fentanyl response often gets discussed through enforcement numbers.
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project Arizona’s fentanyl response often gets discussed through enforcement numbers. But forensic systems carry another side of the burden: identifying compounds, confirming toxicolo…
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Why New Opioids Stay Hidden
by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project A newly emerging synthetic opioid identified in Tennessee, Canada, and parts of Europe is highlighting a larger forensic challenge: surveillance systems often only detect what…
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New synthetic opioid
19 deaths tied to a newer synthetic #opioid One thing the public rarely sees: forensic labs often encounter new chemistry long before public warning systems catch up. The science usually arrives before the headlines. Get…
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