#postmortem-toxicology

#postmortem-toxicology

Deaths from nitazene synthetic opioids, roughly 500 times stronger than heroin, are likely undercounted by up to one-third due to missed postmortem detection.

Nitazene deaths in the UK may be underestimated by up to one-third because nitazenes degrade in postmortem samples, causing toxicology non-detection and miscounted fatalities.