{"id":256,"date":"2026-05-14T04:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=256"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:35:36","slug":"death-in-arkansas-linked-to-new-powerful-opioid-thats-stronger-than-fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Death in Arkansas linked to new, powerful opioid that\u2019s stronger than fentanyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK\/KLRT)\u00a0\u2014 Authorities and health officials in Arkansas are warning of a powerful new synthetic opioid that has been linked to a recent death in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=254\">Why do germs and diseases spread on cruises?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The drug, known as cychlorphine, is about 10 times more potent than fentanyl, Dr. Theodore Brown, the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory Director and Chief Medical Examiner, told Nexstar\u2019s KLRT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also known as N-propionitrile\u00a0chlorphine, the drug is not approved for medical use in the U.S., according to health experts, and is manufactured illegally before being mixed into other substances or pressed into counterfeit pills. The Drug Enforcement Administration previously told Nexstar\u2019s The Hill that cychlorphine was first reported by a DEA laboratory in Florida in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Cychlorphine has been linked to more than 40 overdose deaths in Tennessee, while authorities in Ohio and Kentucky have issued alerts about the opioid in recent months. It has also been detected in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois,\u00a0Louisiana,\u00a0Texas,\u00a0South Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington, Nevada, and California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brown said the drug first came to the attention of Arkansas investigators earlier this year after a young man was found dead in his bed. White tablets discovered at the scene appeared to be oxycodone, but testing later determined the pills were counterfeit and contained cychlorphine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat tablet was an illicit or fake tablet, and that tablet directly caused my patient\u2019s death,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe know that one pill can kill. If you consume a pill that does not come from a licensed professional, that does not come from a pharmacy, that pill cannot be trusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=252\">WATCH: Rare, endangered jaguar spotted near Arizona-Mexico border<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Counterfeit pills can look so similar to real prescription pills that it can be hard for experts to identify them, Brown added.<\/p>\n<p>Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs said the growing presence of emerging synthetic drugs is a major concern for first responders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the public doesn\u2019t know and we keep this a secret, then we\u2019re doing an injustice to Arkansans,\u201d Hobbs said. \u201cSo, we have to put this stuff out as a warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials also warn that cyclorphine may require multiple doses of naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, to reverse an overdose. Brown said awareness and prevention remain critical as counterfeit pills continue to spread through social media, online platforms and street sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely time that we sound the alarm,\u201d Brown said. \u201cLess than one pill can kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=249\">Harrison Ford\u2019s rousing commencement speech goes viral: \u2018The world my generation left you is a real mess\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drug has already been detected in several other states including Tennessee, where it has been linked to more than 40 overdose deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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