Factsheets
Know Overdose Nevada County provides community-wide factsheets regarding drug information. To receive these factsheets as they’re released, please get in touch with [email protected]. You can view our library of factsheets below.
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Kratom Factsheet
What is Kratom?Kratom (pronounced KRAT-um) is a tropical tree found in Southeast Asia. Its leaves contain compounds that can have mind-altering, or psychotropic, effects. Kratom is frequently marketed and sold as an herbal extract or dietary supplement to boost energy and mood and relieve pain. Lower doses can produce stimulant-like effects, while higher doses can…
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Nitazenes/Iso
Recently, nitazenes (isotonitaze or “iso”, metonitazene, and protonitazene) – a class of synthetic opioids – were detected in drug samples in Nevada County. The high potency of nitazenes combined with inexperience with dosing, a lack of awareness of nitazenes being present in the local drug supply, and the mixing of nitazenes into drugs that already…
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Nitrous Oxide
Recently medical practitioners in Nevada County have seen an increase in patients being seen at the emergency department and other settings as a result of complications from recreational nitrous oxide use. These complications are often neurological, ranging from tingling in the extremities to long-term neurological damage.