The new killer drugs flooding Scotland
Martin Geissler speaks to the 麻豆社's James Cook about the gangs producing synthetic opioids 500 times more potent than heroin - where a single grain can kill.
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Scotland鈥檚 drug supply is getting more and more dangerous, according to Dr Lorna Nisbet (pictured) of Dundee University's Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science.
That鈥檚 because a new type of synthetic opioid, called nitazenes, are flooding the market. Five hundred times more potent than heroin, a single grain can kill.
Martin Geissler speaks to the 麻豆社鈥檚 James Cook about the criminal gangs making these drugs, and how law enforcement struggles to keep up.
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