Christopher Moraff

Found this blast from the past from 2018 where I first proposed a “freelancer effect” caused by low cost fentanyl (which dramatically lowered the bar for entrance into the “heroin” business) was a significant factor in the overdose crisis @cmoraff_84161/lab-testing-anomalous-street-drug-samples-in-kensington-philadelphia-376e1d1954e6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@cmoraff_84161…

@TSBurkhardt Our biggest issue now is the medetomidine which has completely shaken up treatment options . A hospital stay is required for most people

@moraffreports you getting any cychlorphine or nitazenes yet? those seem inevitable and are the next big moral panic from idiots. frontrunning stuff there will get you views online

The average composition of Philly/ South Jersey dope in 2025 via Groundhogs Group #DrugChecking #labtested #QuantMatters

@TSBurkhardt Nitazenes came and went. Haven’t seen them in at least 18months. Cychlo may be creeping in from the west: there is one confirmed fatality in Butler County near the Ohio border . Not in Philly yet

🚨 ÚLTIMA HORA: Una fuente anónima del CJNG acaba de afirmar que el ciudadano estadounidense Juan Carlos Valencia González, alias "O3", ha sido nombrado nuevo líder del CJNG. Es hijastro de El Mencho y controla el brazo armado del cártel, Grupo Élite.

Puerto Vallarta, this morning.

DEA targets Sinaloa Cartel in massive four-day sweep. Am interested to see if/how this trickles down to street level. Soon all dope will be cobbled together from unscheduled slop like medetomidine and lidocaine dea.gov/press-releases…

@timothyecosta @PGroundhogs @CFSRE_ Thanks brother … wow seeing your name pop up=Blast from the past. Made me smile

@moraffreports @PGroundhogs @CFSRE_ really good work mate

Very proud of @pgroundhogs inaugural drug purity trend report, a first of its kind from a community based #drugchecking org. New insight on medetomidine concentrations. Couldn’t have done this without our dedicated partners at @CFSRE_ pagroundhogs.org/news/f/pag-qua…

What does @PGroundhogs do? Number 23: we test what’s in smoke shop vapes so you don’t have to. This Rick&Morty vape, obtained by PAG collectors, had Dimethylpentylone- a substituted cathinone along with THC delta 9. Featured in @NPSDiscovery

China announces class-wide ban on nitazenes unodc.org/LSS/Announceme…

PAGROUNDHOGS joined harm reduction groups in a statement opposing the proposed scheduling of medetomidine. @thephillyvoice took a deep dive into the potential ramifications. phillyvoice.com/medetomidine-c…

Important new research on Kratom pokes holes in FDA classification as an “opioid” via Johns Hopkins Medicine hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/…

Mexican authorities gun down Jorge Humberto "El Perris" Figueroa-head of security for LosChapitos & orchestrator of 2019 attack that freed Ovidio Guzman Lopez from Mexican custody

via insight crime...

I’ve been looped into a lot of projects on xylazine since breaking the story in the US in 2017. But not one has left me feeling the honor and gratitude of joining this cast of characters - THE leaders in their respective fields-as an author. Thanks , Dan! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This is what we’re going back to if we don’t stand together against regressive drug policies. “Edwards was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 1993 for selling a spoonful of cocaine to an ex-girlfriend.” search.app/HyeDDb8Gh4FG2e…

Pitt Researchers Cite PAGROUNDHOGS Adulterant Report in New CDC briefing on medetomidine. #drugchecking pagroundhogs.org/news/f/pitt-re…

Thanks @PittsburghPG for including @PGroundhogs in your new piece on the state’s radically changing dope supply… post-gazette.com/news/health/20… FYI here’s our latest numbers on adulterants found with fentanyl including medetomidine and xylazine (Phila/Q4/24 to Present)

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88 apnews.com/article/vatica…

Three months after the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs scheduled Bromazolam - the leading analog used in pressed counterfeit Xanax - our first substitute, phenazolam, was identified in the sample below. Via @PGroundhogs