Home > EU pushes Ireland to outlaw opioid that is 500 times more potent than morphine.

[Irish Examiner] , Hoare, Padraig EU pushes Ireland to outlaw opioid that is 500 times more potent than morphine. (12 Apr 2022)

External website: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40849184.h...


Ireland has been asked by the EU to explain why a synthetic opioid drug said to be 500 times more potent than morphine has not been outlawed, as directed by the bloc two years ago. Doctors and public health experts have increasingly sounded the alarm in recent years about isotonitazene, an opioid analgesic that is not medically authorised....

Item Type
News
Publication Type
Irish-related
Drug Type
Opioid, Prescription/Over the counter
Intervention Type
Policy
Date
12 April 2022
EndNote

Repository Staff Only: item control page