Nitazenes, newly emerging ultra-powerful synthetic opioids, are raising alarms as they pose a serious public health risk, especially with the festival season approaching. Capable of being up to 500 times stronger than heroin, these drugs can lead to fatal overdoses from minuscule doses. Originally meant to enhance weak heroin, they are now infiltrating popular party drugs and pharmaceuticals. Experts warn that monitoring their presence at festivals will be challenging, echoing concerns about general drug regulation, and highlight the need for drug testing to prevent accidental overdoses.
Even the weakest type of nitazene is about as strong as fentanyl, with the most potent being about 100 times stronger. This is a major problem for drug users because they have no way of knowing which types of nitazenes are in their drugs, making accidental overdoses much more likely.
Dr Adam Holland, co-chair of the Faculty of Public Health Drugs Special Interest Group, told MailOnline: 'We haven't been able to keep drugs out of prisons, so we're certainly not going to be able to keep drugs out of festivals.'
Experts warn that the deadly drug poses a 'huge public health risk'. Originally used by criminals to supercharge weak heroin, nitazenes are now being cut into common party drugs and even pharmaceuticals.
If you're going to take unregulated drugs, we strongly recommend testing them to ensure you're taking what you think you're taking.
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