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Changing with the times
[…] of £7,500 to construct the space and order supplies and furniture. The crowdfunder remains open to support us in purchasing additional supplies such as nitazene, xylazine and fentanyl test strips. Harm reduction is much more than drug checking tools and sterile syringes. It’s about promoting a rights-based approach and ‘meeting people where they’re at,’ […]
Government bans 14 nitazenes
[…] crisis in the UK (Partner Updates, September 2023): Release, alongside EuroNPUD and other drug treatment service colleagues in the UK, have produced harm reduction advice on nitazenes. Search the DDN archive for more on vaping, nitazenes, fentanyl and synthetic opioids. The government has also introduced its tobacco and vapes bill crime and policing minister Chris Philp
Codeine cough syrup to be prescription-only
[…] and analgesic in veterinary medicine, xylazine is ‘increasingly being used illicitly by humans internationally and in the UK’, the report states. The drug is often combined with fentanyl in the US as ‘tranq’ or ‘tranq dope’, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing an alert related to the increased prevalence of overdose deaths […]
European heroin market worth EUR 5bn a year
[…] most of the newly identified opioid substances reported to the EU early warning system on new psychoactive substances have been highly potent benzimidazole (nitazene) opioids, rather than fentanyl derivatives as in previous years,’ it says. ‘Although we are seeing a decline in opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, close monitoring of the supply chain and […]
Scotland expands naloxone provision to community pharmacies
[…] (https://www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/scottish-drug-deaths-down-by-a-fifth/). Scottish Drugs Forum CEO Kirsten Horsburgh Many people in the sector have also warned about the risks associated with powerful synthetic opioids such as nitazenes and fentanyls entering the country’s drug supply. ‘Everyone seems to know that Scotland has an astonishing rate of drug-related deaths and that was before we saw this emerging […]
In-cell videos to inform and inspire prison clients
[…] Advice & information Since then, we have also made videos to make prisoners aware of the harm caused by substances. For example, we produced a video on fentanyl (a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin), presenting the facts about the psychological and physical impact of the substance, and how to help […]
DDN_October_2023
[…] its opium ban a year later. Many people fear that the opium ban â if sustained and successful â will see heroin replaced by far more potent fentanyls and nitazenes in the drug market, with significantly higher risks of overdose. There have already been several reports of nitazenes entering the UKâs drug supply, with […]
Bristol issues warning after six heroin deaths
[…] these strong opioids may be in widespread circulation, rather than confined to particular areas. There have been a number of recent deaths across Britain linked to them. These strong opioids contain fentanyls and nitazines which are 30-500 times stronger than heroin. We would advise people who use heroin to be additionally cautious, especially if they inject.’
Record cocaine seizures across Europe
[…] being monitored by the EMCDDA to 930. A total of 74 new uncontrolled synthetic opioids have also been identified in Europe since 2009, says the document. While fentanyl derivatives and highly-potent nitazenes play a ‘relatively small role’ in the European drug market compared to the US, there are growing problems in some areas. The […]
Sharing the Love
[…] and forth from a party to give people the information.’ The need for this intervention was acute, particularly with such high risks from a tiny amount of fentanyl. ‘I feel I have to work outside of an institutional context,’ said Mohawk. ‘There are a lot of people like me, low income, people of colour, […]
Worldwide cocaine manufacture hits record high
[…] living with both. Overdose deaths in North America and Canada, meanwhile, ‘continue to break records’ and are driven primarily by ‘an epidemic of the non-medical use of fentanyl’. The treatment gap remains large for women across the world, the report adds. ‘Women remain in the minority of drug users globally yet tend to increases […]
British Columbia launches ‘healthcare over handcuffs’ decriminalisation experiment
[…] or have their drugs seized, with police instead offering information on treatment and other support ‘with referrals when requested’. The exemption will cover opioids including heroin and fentanyl, powder and crack cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine. It will still be illegal to possess the drugs in schools, childcare facilities or airports, however, and the province […]
US drug deaths up by 15 per cent
[…] cent jump between 2019 and 2020. Almost 81,000 of 2021’s deaths involved opioids, compared to just over 70,000 in 2020. There were more than 71,000 deaths involving fentanyl, as well as almost 33,000 involving methamphetamine and just over 24,500 involving cocaine – all up on the previous year – with overdose deaths increasing in every […]
Biden administration launches harm reduction-based drug strategy in face of record deaths
[…] use and health. President Joe Biden: a whole-government approach to the ‘overdose epidemic’ The strategy calls for more access to harm reduction interventions like naloxone, NSP and fentanyl test strips, and directs federal agencies to integrate them into care systems. Naloxone, however, will remain prescription only and will not be available over the counter. […]
Words into deeds
[…] we should do it in Scotland.’ We should also be establishing pilot sites for drug testing, he said, as there was a real threat that the American fentanyl epidemic could hit the UK, as well as evaluating current initiatives such as Project ADDER and Scotland’s ‘innovative decriminalisation approach’ to see which provided the best […]
Seventy organisations call for overdose prevention site pilots
[…] median follow-up of just under nine years. While opioid-related deaths are also increasing in other countries, the ‘causes of this crisis’ differ, with far greater problems with fentanyls in the US and Canada. Although ‘the long-term trend of ageing and increasing frailty in this population’ is one explanation for the UK’s increasing death rates, […]
Another record high for England and Wales drug deaths
[…] Poisonings involving cocaine have risen by more than 26 per cent for women and 7 per cent for men since last year, while poisonings involving NPS and fentanyl have remained stable. Drug-related poisoning rates have been on a ‘steep upward trend’ since 2012, says ONS, in line with trajectories in Scotland and Northern Europe. […]
In the Picture
[…] to hear about changes in the drugs market. Niamh Eastwood, executive director of Release ‘We’ve already had a public health crisis with drug-related deaths,’ she said. ‘If fentanyl arrives it will be a catastrophe.’ The network had been identifying regional issues, such as fluctuations in heroin purity in the north and north east of […]
What a long strange trip it’s been
[…] recovery outcomes and a ‘catalyst for disaster’. The Welsh Government announces its own plans for minimum pricing, and the National Crime Agency (NCA) issues a warning about fentanyl use in the UK as America’s opioid crisis sees overdose levels quadruple since the turn of the century. 2018 The NHS sets out its plan for […]
Drug-related deaths highest since records began
[…] drug poisonings involved an opiate, deaths involving cocaine have now risen for seven years in a row and almost doubled between 2015 and 2018 – to 637. Fentanyl deaths, however, remained stable at 74. There were also 125 deaths involving NPS, once again a ‘statistically significant’ increase from the 61 recorded in 2017 and […]
Seizures of cocaine at ‘record levels’ in Europe
[…] emergency hospital presentations in Europe. EU seizures of heroin also increased in 2017, while the following year saw 11 new synthetic opioids detected, six of which were fentanyl derivatives. ‘With only very small volumes needed to produce many thousands of street doses, these substances are easy to conceal and transport, representing a challenge for […]
Less pain, more gain
[…] for more than 12 weeks – is thought to affect around 18 per cent of the UK population. GPs have traditionally prescribed opiate medications such as morphine, fentanyl, buprenorphine and oxycodone, as it was thought that – provided they did not over-sedate, cause overdose or other severe reactions – it was safe and there […]
Harm reduction worldwide has ‘stalled’, warns HRI
[…] a public health response that ‘broadly encompasses the principles of harm reduction’, says the report, albeit to ‘differing extents’ in the US and Canada. The emergence of fentanyl in Europe, meanwhile, should ‘instil greater urgency in preventing drug-related deaths’ and adds weight to the ‘already strong arguments for increasing the availability of naloxone and […]
At the cutting edge
[…] note of optimism is struck by the fact that, while previous increases had been ‘statistically significant’, rates since 2015 are only increasing slightly and remain ‘broadly stable’. Fentanyl-related deaths continue to rise, however, and deaths related to cocaine have now increased for six years in a row. SEPTEMBER As a WHO report states […]
The Right Fix?
[…] England the situation is different. This is not to say things won’t change – it would take a brave person to bet that the gradual arrival of fentanyl and other research chemical opioids won’t completely change the equation and push safe injecting sites up the agenda, but in the here and now we have […]
State of the sector: Time to talk
[…] to buy these drugs online, he points out – ‘the UK has the largest number of dark net sales in Europe. We also know the impact of fentanyl and the increase in drug-related deaths from it.’ Katy MacLeod has expertise from her work in training and development at the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) and […]
Opiates and cocaine ‘bigger global health threat than ever’
[…] multiple fronts’, says the agency, with pharmaceutically produced opioids accounting for 76 per cent of all non-medical prescription drug deaths. As well as the worsening problem with fentanyl in the US, tramadol is now becoming ‘a growing concern’ in parts of Asia and Africa, says the report. Global seizures of pharmaceutical opioids amounted to […]
UK among biggest consumers in ‘buoyant’ cocaine market
[…] 2017. The EMCDDA is now monitoring more than 670 NPS, almost double the number from five years ago. ‘Highly potent’ new synthetic opioids, particularly those derived from fentanyl, are increasingly being detected, it adds. There were more than 9,000 overdose deaths – mainly related to heroin and other opioids – in Europe in 2016. Alexis […]
Straight to the point – NNEF conference
[…] as ever for workers to stay informed of the latest drug trends. CGL’s medical director, Dr Prun Bijral, explained some important (yet still widely misunderstood) risks of fentanyl – that potency varied widely, leading to uncertainty around consistency and dosing. When pressed with a bulking agent, ‘hotspots’ could occur, with pills containing dangerous levels […]
Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers
[…] the possible death penalty for drug dealers this would include further securing ports and land borders, shutting down illicit online opioid sales and strengthening penalties for selling fentanyl and other substances that are ‘lethal in trace amounts’. The initiative would also work to ensure that ‘first responders are supplied with naloxone’, however, and increase […]
Hit Hot Topics: The word on the streets
[…] of the European Network of People Who Use Drugs (EuroNPUD) called for plain language to galvanise the pace of a harm reduction response to drugs such as fentanyl, whose dangers were well known and documented. This was an example of direct action needing to be accompanied by straight talking, he said, quoting the Canadian […]
Review of the year
[…] harm reductionists as he signals a return to 1980s-style prevention campaigns, while closer to home the National Crime Agency issues a warning about the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and its analogues, which worryingly appear to be making inroads into the UK drug market. MAY The closure of Lifeline after almost 50 years sends shockwaves […]
Take part in the Global Drug Survey
[…] SCRAs) and stimulants (cathinones like mephedrone and methylone), however, last year we found that new drugs were commonly being produced to mimic psychedelics. With the rise of fentanyl analogues and other depressant drugs, GDS aims to get a better insight into how they are being used and who is using them. That way we […]
Commissioning: What’s the Name of the Game?
[…] depressed economic climate and emergence of new drug trends – young people are returning to opiate use after a generation away, and the growing threat of more fentanyl deaths looms. Drug and alcohol use accompanies deprivation all too readily, and street homelessness is commonplace. ‘In every major city now, you’re seeing street homelessness in […]
Trump declares opioid crisis ‘a public health emergency’
[…] misuse of prescription opioids and 950,000 reported heroin use, the administration says, with the rising death rate in part the result of ‘the proliferation of illegally made fentanyl’. An interim report from the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis urged him to declare a national emergency earlier this year (DDN, […]
Highest number of drug deaths in quarter of a century
[…] just four in 2012 to more than 100. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has also announced that the number of UK deaths related to the powerful opioid fentanyl or its analogues has reached almost 60 in the last eight months alone. The highest rate of drug misuse deaths in 2016 was among people aged […]
Height of ecstasy
[…] practice it can be hard to crush dense tablets in festival settings and if the drug in question is highly potent (such as a SCRA or a fentanyl) even dabbing could be a risk. Starting with low tablet doses – quarter to half a tablet – will reduce risk, although a quarter of a […]
Overdose deaths up across Europe
[…] synthetic opioids, despite them ‘representing a small share of the market’. Twenty-five new synthetic opioids have been detected in Europe since 2009, it says, 18 of them fentanyls (DDN, June, page 8). While previous years’ European drug reports have highlighted the exponential increases in NPS being detected for the first time via the EU […]
DDN June2017
DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS ISSN 1755-6236 JUNE 2017 Inside: Fentanyl, drug-related deaths, reaching out to young people JOINING FORCES TO HELP BRIGHTON’S STREET SLEEPERS DRINK AURGSE We’r e p la nnin g a r a ng e o f p ro je cts to h e lp b rin g to g eth e r th […]
DDN June 2017
[…] workers do their best to engage with and protect a growing population of rough sleepers despite diminishing resources. Turn to page 8 for a comprehensive briefing on fentanyl – a drug with many highly dangerous forms that requires a robust and proactive harm reduction and education strategy, rather than a knee-jerk ‘ban everything’ reaction. […]
A different pain
[…] pain, joint pain, muscle pain and period pain. The painkillers that were the most commonly used by people in the study were strong opiates such as morphine, fentanyl, and tramadol; weaker opiates such as dihydrocodeine and codeine-based compounds such as co-codamol; and non-opiates, mainly non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as naproxen, diclofenac, and ibuprofen. One […]
DDN May 2017
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