Highly potent opioids are showing up in drug users in Africa for the first time, report says

 Highly potent opioids are showing up in drug users in Africa for the first time, report says

A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market. The report released on Wednesday by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime nonprofit tested kus…

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) Traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes have for the first time been found to be consumed by people who use drugs in Africa, according to a report released Wednesday by…