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

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 that has been showing up in alarming volumes in the US illegal drug supply and is now starting to appear in toxicology reports in the UKClips: Sky News, CBS NewsContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Madeleine Finlay with Robert Booth, produced by Holly Fisher, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer is Ellie Bury Tags: Science Opioids crisis Drugs Society US news Birmingham Source Type: news