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Giraudon, Isabelle and Abel-Ollo, Katri and Vanaga-Arāja, Diāna and Heudtlass, Peter and Griffiths, Paul (2024) Nitazenes represent a growing threat to public health in Europe. The Lancet Public health, 9, (4), E216. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00024-0.

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Letter to the Editor. Holland and colleagues reported in their Comment that nitazenes could be exacerbating the crisis in drug-related deaths in the UK. Their Comment reinforces concerns we, at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, have raised—that nitazenes pose a credible threat and that predicted changes in heroin availability in Europe could herald an increase in the use of synthetic opioids with possibly profound implications for public health.....

Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, International, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
2024
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00024-0
Page Range
E216
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
9
Number
4
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