Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 15 views

    Synthetic Opioids 2020

    Uploaded by

    H Yudi Irianto
    Synthetic opioids are human-made substances that act similarly to natural opioids like morphine in the brain. Some, like fentanyl and methadone, are used medically but others are illegally made and trafficked. These synthetic opioids are often powder or pill forms that mimic pharmaceuticals and can be more potent than morphine or heroin, resulting in overdose. While some synthetic opioids are regulated, new ones continue to emerge on the illegal drug market.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Synthetic Opioids 2020

    Uploaded by

    H Yudi Irianto
    15 views2 pages
    Synthetic opioids are human-made substances that act similarly to natural opioids like morphine in the brain. Some, like fentanyl and methadone, are used medically but others are illegally made and trafficked. These synthetic opioids are often powder or pill forms that mimic pharmaceuticals and can be more potent than morphine or heroin, resulting in overdose. While some synthetic opioids are regulated, new ones continue to emerge on the illegal drug market.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Synthetic opioids are human-made substances that act similarly to natural opioids like morphine in the brain. Some, like fentanyl and methadone, are used medically but others are illegally made and trafficked. These synthetic opioids are often powder or pill forms that mimic pharmaceuticals and can be more potent than morphine or heroin, resulting in overdose. While some synthetic opioids are regulated, new ones continue to emerge on the illegal drug market.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    15 views2 pages

    Synthetic Opioids 2020

    Uploaded by

    H Yudi Irianto
    Synthetic opioids are human-made substances that act similarly to natural opioids like morphine in the brain. Some, like fentanyl and methadone, are used medically but others are illegally made and trafficked. These synthetic opioids are often powder or pill forms that mimic pharmaceuticals and can be more potent than morphine or heroin, resulting in overdose. While some synthetic opioids are regulated, new ones continue to emerge on the illegal drug market.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    Synthetic Opioids

    WHAT ARE SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS? What do they look like?


    Synthetic opioids are substances that are Clandestinely produced synthetic opioids have
    synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the been encountered in powder form and were
    same targets in the brain as natural opioids (e.g., identified on bottle caps and spoons, detected
    morphine and codeine) to produce analgesic within glassine bags, on digital scales, and on
    (pain relief) effects. In contrast, natural opioids are sifters which demonstrates the abuse of these
    naturally occurring substances extracted from the substances as replacements for heroin or other
    seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. Some opioids. These drugs are also encountered as
    synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and methadone, tablets, mimicking pharmaceutical opioid products.
    have been approved for medical use. Clandestinely produced synthetic opioids are
    Clandestinely produced synthetic opioids encountered as a single substance in combination
    structurally related to the Schedule II opioid with other opioids (fentanyl, heroin, U-47700) or
    analgesic fentanyl were trafficked and abused other substances.
    on the West Coast in the late 1970s and 1980s.
    In the 1980s, DEA controlled several of these How are they abused?
    illicitly produced synthetic opioids such as alpha- Abuse of clandestinely produced synthetic
    methylfentanyl, 3-methylthiofentanyl, acetyl-alpha- opioids parallels that of heroin and prescription
    methylfentanyl, beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl, opioid analgesics. Many of these illicitly produced
    alpha-methylthiofentanyl, thiofentanyl, beta- synthetic opioids are more potent than morphine
    hydroxyfentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl, and and heroin and thus have the potential to result in a
    3-methylfentanyl. fatal overdose.

    As of 2013, there has been a re-emergence in


    the trafficking and abuse of various clandestinely
    produced synthetic opioids, including several
    substances related to fentanyl. Some common
    illicitly produced synthetic opioids that are currently
    encountered by law enforcement include, but are
    not limited to, acetyl fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl,
    beta- hydroxythiofentanyl, furanyl fentanyl,
    4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl, acryl fentanyl, and
    U-47700.

    WHAT IS THEIR ORIGIN? Clandestinely produced counterfeit oxycodone tablets


    that contain fentanyl.
    Synthetic opioids are believed to be synthesized
    abroad and then imported into the United States.
    Synthetic Opioid powder U-47700.

    What are their effects? What is their legal status in the United States?
    Some effects of clandestinely produced Many synthetic opioids are currently controlled
    synthetic opioids, similar to other commonly under the Controlled Substances Act. The
    used opioid analgesics (e.g., morphine), may DEA temporarily placed U-47700 and several
    include relaxation, euphoria, pain relief, sedation, other substances that are structurally related to
    confusion, drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, fentanyl, such as acetyl fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl,
    vomiting, urinary retention, pupillary constriction, beta-hydroxythiofentanyl, and furanyl fentanyl,
    and respiratory depression. in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
    In February 2018, the DEA temporarily placed
    What are their overdose effects? fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I of the
    Overdose effects of clandestinely produced CSA. Other synthetic opioid substances may
    synthetic opioids are similar to other opioid be subject to prosecution under the Controlled
    analgesics. These effects may include stupor, Substance Analogue Enforcement Act which
    changes in pupillary size, cold and clammy skin, allows non-controlled substances to be treated
    cyanosis, coma, and respiratory failure leading to as Schedule I substances if certain criteria are
    death. The presence of triad of symptoms such as met. The DEA has successfully investigated and
    coma, pinpoint pupils, and respiratory depression prosecuted individuals trafficking and selling
    are strongly suggestive of opioid poisoning. these dangerous substances using the Controlled
    Substances Analogue Enforcement Act.
    Which drugs cause similar effects?
    Some drugs that cause similar effects include
    other opioids such as morphine, hydrocodone,
    oxycodone, hydromorphone, methadone, and
    heroin.

    You might also like