Nitazenes move the needle for drug death distress

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Dr Chris Smith

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today we're investigating dangerous new drugs which have found their way onto the streets of the UK. Nitazenes are lab made opioids with similar effects for the user as heroin. Their relative strength, however, means it is much more difficult to take them safely and much more likely to result in a fatal overdose. With drug deaths in this country already at a record high, and devestation being wrought by similar substances in the US, we look at a range of solutions for preventing as much harm as possible... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:28.0	This isn't something we're worried is going to happen.
0:31.0	It's already here.
0:32.0	So Scotland has the highest rate of drug-related
0:34.1	deaths in Europe and one of the highest in the world. And in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,
0:39.1	rates of drug-related deaths have increased by about 60% over the last decade.
0:44.0	We're going to be finding out why public health officials are so concerned about powerful new synthetic
0:49.3	opioids and many times stronger than heroin, making their way into the UK drugs market.
0:54.6	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,
0:58.2	this is the Naked Scientists. The National Crime Agency has expressed its concern over new extremely potent drugs that it says are behind more than a hundred deaths in the UK.
1:16.0	These synthetic opioids, called nitazines, are produced in illicit labs,
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