Table of Contents According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, as of 2021, Texas’s drug poisoning death rate reached 15.8 per 100,000 people—an
Key Takeaways at a Glance Definition & Legal Status: Designer drugs mimic controlled substances but are often mislabeled and illegal. Classification: Fall into synthetic cathinones,
As the U.S. cracks down on known synthetic drugs, underground chemists respond by developing new synthetic substances that bypass regulation. One of the most recent