Date: May 27th, 2026 11:57 PM
Author: AZNgirl dressed in Sari to attract JD Vance
Want to detect opioids earlier? Test sewage water.
Synthetic opioids can kill long before they're detected in the community.
May 27, 2026 at 6:45 a.m. EDTYesterday at 6:45 a.m. EDT
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A professor collects sewage samples from a dorm at Utah State University in Logan in 2020. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
By Shravani Durbhakula and Jeremy C. Kourvelas
Shravani Durbhakula is an academic anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician in Nashville. Jeremy C. Kourvelas is a substance use policy analyst in Knoxville, Tennessee.
A new synthetic opioid that is 10 times more potent than fentanyl has been identified in at least 50 fatal drug overdoses in eastern Tennessee. Sadly, the mounting death toll from this drug, cychlorphine, is the main reason there is awareness of this threat. But testing sewage might have raised the alarm much sooner.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/27/testing-sewage-water-can-help-detect-opioids-earlier/
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5869569&forum_id=2#49904714)