[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Drug dealers 'testing' heroin market with dangerous synthetics. (22 Feb 2024)
External website: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41337859.h...
Health experts believe drug dealers were “testing the market” when they supplied a batch of a highly dangerous synthetic opioid drug into the Dublin and Cork heroin scene, the country’s top addiction expert has said. Dr Eamon Keenan, HSE clinical lead on addiction, said laboratory tests were able to show the nitazenes which resulted in 77 overdoses in the two cities last November and December were from the “same batch”...
He launched a new fact sheet for medical care providers regarding nitazene and to signpost them to resources.
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance related offence > Drug offence > Illegal distribution of drugs (drug market / dealing)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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