"From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground."
"Deaths caused by a synthetic opioid 500 times stronger than heroin have likely been underestimated by up to a third, researchers suggest. Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids that are extremely potent and can be manufactured at a low cost. The drugs were originally manufactured as a painkiller in the 1950s, but their development was halted due to their extreme potencies resulting in a high risk of addiction."
The Independent covers a wide range of issues including reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, investigates political funding and produces documentaries while keeping reporting free of paywalls funded by donations. Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids extremely potent and inexpensive to produce; they were developed as painkillers in the 1950s but abandoned because of high addiction risk. Their presence on the unregulated drug market has risen steeply in recent years, prompting public health warnings. Official counts, such as the NCA's 333 fatalities in 2024, may understate deaths because nitazenes can degrade in postmortem blood and be missed by toxicology tests.
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