Bromazolam started popping up in crime labs in the last month, according to our source at HIDTA. Bromazolam (also known by the name XLI-268) was first synthesized in 1976, but it was never marketed. This is how most Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) come to the market. It is often referred to as patent piracy. A […]
DEA is Increasing Production Quotas for Certain Opioids
On Tuesday, the DEA issued a final order to increase the 2020 Aggregate Production Quotas for a variety of opioids, benzodiazepines and other drugs used to treat people with COVID-19 (coronavirus). The order increases the APQ by 15 percent for certain substances including fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, codeine, ephedrine, and pseudoephedrine, and certain controlled substance intermediates […]