Warning over rise of synthetic opioids in Scotland

Harm reduction services fear it will become far more prevalent in the coming months

The rise of the number of synthetic opioids in Scotland is becoming a “very worrying” threat to drug users, that’s according to campaigners and Scottish Government Ministers.

The substance nitazines has been found in a number of other street drugs, and has now been linked to nine deaths in Scotland.

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