A scary new synthetic drug known as “purple fentanyl” is raising concern in Nebraska — and it is resistant to Narcan.

Cops in Omaha are warning the public about the potentially deadly substance, which is a mixture of fentanyl and lidocaine.

The addition of the anaesthetic can “intensify the drug’s side effects” — and because it isn’t an opioid, it also means an overdose on purple fentanyl can’t be reversed with Narcan, the Omaha Police Department warned . 3

Lidocaine has been used in other illicit drug combinations, but it’s the first time cops in Omaha have discovered it being mixed with fentanyl.

“While lidocaine has previously been used as a cutting agent in illicit drugs, this is the first time Omaha detectives have encountered fentanyl combined with lidocaine in the metro a

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