Deadly drug found in 'fake' opioids during pill testing in Canberra
abc.net.au/news/deadly-drug-found-during-pill-testing-in-canberra/101819004Canberra's free pill-testing service has found a dangerous substance linked to fatal overdoses in "fake" prescription drugs.The substance is linked to an epidemic of fatal overdoses in North America
The ACT government issued a public health alert on Saturday after metonitazene was detected in tablets that were sold and wrongly described as oxycodone.Metonitazene is a nitazene, which is a class of highly potent, synthetic opioids. It is the first time a nitazene has been found in counterfeit tablets in Australia, though New South Wales authoritiesStephanie Stephens, the acting chief executive of Directions Health Services which oversees CanTEST, said the discovery had potentially saved lives.
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