Super-potent synthetic opioids called nitazenes are spreading across the U.S.

In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor. She had a high GPA, Taylor added, and did especially well in science and Latin.&#x A0;&#x A0; In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed Oxy Contin. The painkiller marked the beginning of a yearslong descent through addiction — from prescription opioids to methamphetamine, then heroin, and finally, fentanyl.Read the rest…