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Potentially deadly synthetic opioids detected twice in four days in locally sourced pills

Summary by region.com.au
Protonitazene was found in a counterfeit oxycodone pill, which was bought in Canberra. Photo: CanTEST. CanTEST has issued two red alerts in four days after detections of potentially deadly synthetic opioids, including one which is estimated to be 200 times stronger than morphine. A client visited the fixed pill testing site with a crushed white pill – reportedly a Xanax bar – which was expected to contain the sedative alprazolam (which is not re…
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region.com.au broke the news in on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
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