Shocking new figures show 75 additional deaths linked to nitazenes in the last 11 weeks, bringing the death toll to 176 in less than a year. Experts warn of a growing crisis akin to a US-style opioid epidemic yet to be fully revealed due to slow testing and detection processes.
Nitazenes, powerful synthetic opioids flooding the UK from China, are so potent that a grain of sand can be fatal. Amid heroin supply constraints, the government is expanding access to overdose reversal drug naloxone and banning more synthetic opioids.
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