'There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs': The rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids
In the early hours of September 14, 2021, three men parked in a quiet car park in the southern English market town of ...
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US invites countries to combat synthetic drugs, but China, main producer of fentanyl declines
Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a recognized heavy duty medical painkiller and sedative that can be many times more potent than morphine. The United States on Friday called on dozens of countries to ...
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Opioids: a new drug threat for Europe
The increase in the manufacture and use of highly-addictive synthetic opioids is a global challenge. The EU is taking action to curb this global affliction on society. Opioids are a class of drugs ...
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Synthetic opioid, 100 times more potent than fentanyl, found in local drug supply
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) is issuing an alert after a synthetic opioid, more potent than fentanyl, was found in the local unregulated drug supply. Health ...
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Synthetic Cannabinoid K2 Overdoses Are Rampant. Here’s Why.
On Wednesday and Thursday (August 15 and August 16), more than 85 people in New Haven, Connecticut, overdosed on synthetic cannabinoids. In Washington, DC, last month, more than 300 people overdosed ...
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‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: The rising threat of synthetic opioids
Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid. Two of the men, Peter Haslam and Adrian Davies, overdosed and went ...
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‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids
Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid. Two of the men, Peter Haslam and Adrian Davies, overdosed and went ...