![](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://thedrugclassroom.com/video/w-18/&media=https://thedrugclassroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/site-2.jpg&description=W-18 is a widely mischaracterized drug due to inaccurate reports from the media and law enforcement. The way in which it's been discussed serves as an example of how uninformed most drug-related journalism is.Despite being called a highly potent opioid, W-18 doesn't function as an opioid. In fact, it appears to have few actions in the body and cannot be compared to drugs like <a href="http://thedrugclassroom.com/video/fentanyl/" target="_blank">fentanyl</a> and morphine.<hr />W-18 = 4-chloro-N-[(2Z)-1-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]piperidin-2-ylidene]benzene-1-sulfonamide<hr /><h2>Dose</h2>
Not currently available due to a lack of information.<hr /><h2>Timeline</h2>
Not currently available due to a lack of information.<hr />[envira-gallery id="672"]<hr /><h2>References</h2>
<strong>(2016)</strong> <a href="http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/24/065623" target="_blank">Pharmacology of W-18 and W-15</a><strong>(2016)</strong> <a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/consult/w-18-eng.php" target="_blank">Proposal regarding the scheduling of W-18 under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and its Regulations</a><strong>(2015)</strong> <a href="http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/implementation-reports/2014" target="_blank">EMCDDA-Europol 2014 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA</a>)
W-18 is a widely mischaracterized drug due to inaccurate reports from the media and law enforcement. The way in which it’s been discussed serves as an example of how uninformed most drug-related journalism is.
Despite being called a highly potent opioid, W-18 doesn’t function as an opioid. In fact, it appears to have few actions in the body and cannot be compared to drugs like fentanyl and morphine.
W-18 = 4-chloro-N-[(2Z)-1-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]piperidin-2-ylidene]benzene-1-sulfonamide
Contents
Dose
Not currently available due to a lack of information.
Timeline
Not currently available due to a lack of information.
References
(2016) Pharmacology of W-18 and W-15
(2015) EMCDDA-Europol 2014 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA
