New Street drugs stronger than heroin linked to 54 deaths in UK made in China

Not long ago, exporting such substances to other countries would have been considered a casus belli (cause for war).

The Communist Party of China is responsible for a lot of illegal drug related deaths in Western countries!

"The deaths are all linked to synthetic opioids called nitazenes, which experts fear are being manufactured in labs and then imported into the UK from China.

However, the true total could be higher - the National Crime Agency (NCA) said 40 more cases awaited further testing.

The UK government plans to classify 15 new synthetic opioids as Class A drugs.

Nitazenes first made news in the UK in 2021, when an 18-year-old patient was treated for a non-fatal overdose.

Experts say the new drugs can be stronger than both heroin and fentanyl, another synthetic opioid, which is a leading killer in the US - contributing to 75,000 deaths last year. ..."

Street drugs stronger than heroin linked to 54 deaths in UK Super-strength street drugs more powerful than heroin have been linked to at least 54 deaths in the UK in the last six months, the BBC has been told.

Credits: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW