Missouri warns that a highly potent new opioid, nitazene, is being found across state ^68.6%

KCUR - By Rebecca Smith - 3/29/2026, 9:00 AM

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Multiple state agencies put out a warning this week about a potent new opioid that appears to be increasingly prevalent in the state — nitazene. The Department of Public Safety, the Department of Health & Human Services, the Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Department of Mental Health wrote in their alert that... more