‘Zombie drug’ used to stretch out opioid doses banned as opioid costs down 34%

A “high-strength veterinary sedative” and 21 other “dangerous” drugs will be banned by the government, it has announced.   

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The "highly addictive synthetic opioids" can be "hundreds of times more potent than heroin"
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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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