Moody pushes new legislation to ban ‘Frankenstein’ opioids

Published Feb. 23, 2023, 5:06 p.m. ET | Updated Feb. 23, 2023

Attorney General Moody Warns Floridians about Alarming Increase in Sextortion of Minors, Tallahassee, Florida, Jan. 10, 2023.
Attorney General Moody Warns Floridians about Alarming Increase in Sextortion of Minors, Tallahassee, Florida, Jan. 10, 2023.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Attorney General Ashley Moody is pushing new legislation to permanently ban nitazene compounds, also known as ‘Frankenstein’ opioids.

The legislation would add nitazene compounds to the list of Schedule I substances.

Nitazene compounds are synthetic opioids that currently have no accepted medical use in the United States or anywhere in the world, according to the press release.

Compounds such as isotonitazene have been found to be significantly more potent than fentanyl, a drug that is currently killing record numbers of Americans.

Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Lake Mary, is sponsoring the legislation, SB 736.

“For years, I have been warning about how just one pill laced with fentanyl CAN kill, but with some of these nitazene compounds that message is becoming, one pill WILL kill. It is important to bring awareness to Floridians of all ages—do not take any illicit drug, just one use could cost you your life,” said Moody.

In addition to permanently banning the temporarily-banned chemical compounds, the legislation would also create a nitazene derivatives class that controls substances based on chemical structure.

It will include current emergency-controlled substances, thus reducing the need for emergency-drug-schedule requests and will encompass new drugs that are created under the same structure.

“Attorney General Moody is a leader in the fight to end the national opioid crisis claiming lives in our great state. When Nitazene began to surface in Florida, she took swift action to temporarily ban these deadly drugs, and I am proud to fight with her this legislative session to permanently ban these substances and any additional compounds that could be abused and kill Floridians,” said Brodeur.

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