A special meeting has been called in Mason.
He considered the classified leaking to be "unethical," "illegal," and “treasonous,” but was told not to worry about it because Schiff believed he would be spared prosecution under the Constitution's speech and debate clause.
The drug was developed over 60 years ago as an alternative to morphine, but was never approved for medical use because of its high risk of overdose.
Last January, a Florida man confessed to distributing protonitazene that he received in the mail from labs in China, according to the IRS.