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Science Weekly — Nitazenes and xylazine: what’s behind the rise of dangerous synthetic drugs?
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 73%16m·2024-02-20·Science

Nitazenes and xylazine: what’s behind the rise of dangerous synthetic drugs?

Science Weekly

Social affairs correspondent Robert Booth tells Madeleine Finlay why a class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes, first developed in the 1950s, is leading to a worrying number of fatal overdoses in the UK. And she hears from toxicology and addiction specialist Dr Joseph D’Orazio about a tranquilliser called xylazine…

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