Louisiana is on high alert as experts warn of the spread of a powerful synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine, joining at least 12 states that have issued warnings after finding evidence of the drug, which is linked to at least 41 U.S. deaths.
The drug, sometimes manufactured to resemble commercial painkillers like oxycodone, has been identified in Caddo, DeSoto, and Ouachita parishes, according to recent testing from the North Louisiana Crime Lab.
