Detection of powerful nitazenes in samples from 60 sites a ‘red flag’ amid surging use to lace street drugsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastSynthetic opioids a thousand times stronger than morphine and an animal sedative used to lace street drugs have been detected in Australia’s wastewater.The discovery has been described as a “red flag” and comes as the deadly class of synthetic opioids – nitazines – claims dozens of lives in Australia.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/28/synthetic-opioids-found-wastewater-australia
Author : Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2025-04-28 04:35:00
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Synthetic opioids linked to spate of overdose deaths found in wastewater across Australia
