Europe has mostly been spared from the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/mexicos-drug-cartels-bedevil-sheinbaums-dealmaking-with-trump-80f46965?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">synthetic opioid crisis that has ravaged the U.S</a>. over the past two decades. But now, a deadly new drug could be changing that: nitazenes. Up to 15 times stronger than fentanyl, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/nitazenes-opioid-drug-crisis-ded1a3b9https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/nitazenes-opioid-drug-crisis-ded1a3b9?">nitazenes have been behind hundreds of overdose deaths in European countries</a> over the past few years. WSJ's <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/sune-engel-rasmussen?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Sune Rasmussen </a>on where the drug comes from and why it's doing so much damage. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jessica-mendoza?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Jessica Mendoza</a> hosts. 

Further Listening:
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4L3YUrmzBNiFokWeDYUOcO?si=094cb16b00a547d7">Fentanyl Is Bad. ‘Tranq’ Might Be Worse.</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Dho9qAUxC1mFSyGx22bRP">The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NUQLrGx0YIxprOXJGzt5v">Why Some Opioid Victims Are Challenging Purdue’s Settlement</a>
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