In this video, we discuss Nitazenes - a class of opioid compounds that pose potential risks due to their potency and ease of synthesis. We go into their discovery, history, and recent re-emergence in the drug market. This video is aimed at spreading awareness and understanding. ChemDraw Template: https://chemistry-capital.ck.page/7a0195aca3 Want to discuss chemistry? Feel free to message me on Twitter/X https://twitter.com/Chem References: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00064 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00037 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.858234/full https://www.cureus.com/articles/140595-old-drugs-and-new-challenges-a-narrative-review-of-nitazenes#!/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15563657508990076 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808868?utm_campaign=articlePDF&utm_medium=articlePDFlink&utm_source=articlePDF&utm_content=jamanetworkopen.2023.31264 https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)01198-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004223011987%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163725821002217?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002432059390118M https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jm00237a024 Attributions: https://vimeo.com/897961325 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agonist_%26_Antagonist.jpg https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/File:Mu_opioid_receptor.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Shulgin_cropped.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pharmacokinetics.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potency_of_Drugs_-_Graph.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Microplate_reader.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motor-coordination-deficits-in-Alpk1-mutant-mice-with-the-inserted-piggyBac-transposon-1471-2202-12-1-S1.ogv https://flickr.com/photos/peabodyproductions/31934272326/in/photolist-QDVuAb-BATApY-BcXguv-BDbuSD-BDbSDz-AP4d7i-zpR4fm-A5nrut-ANWVYu-BDbTEx-zpQKf3-BjkAsm-AP48jT-A5hZkS-BcXjTV-AnSd42-BcXNqt-BJaBwC-AjzzSu-AkEYFL-BDbBYx-ANX34A-BDbExR-BJaAnU-BDbDNK-AjzKPd-AP47sc-AnSr9k-BcXpWR-ANXdHG-BATi7G-BcXiWK-AjzJTL-AkFb3d-BjkHEh-BcXrNg-ANXkK7-AjznSs-AkFo9C-A5gECf-A5hWsC-A5hY93-A5hBBm-zpQMcj-AmSsga-A5n7oc-A5nfXB-AmSyDv-2p5PgJM-2p5Wujf