CANBERRA, ACT, May 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note:Images of the seized counterfeit pharmaceuticals available via Hightail
Counterfeit pain medications have emerged as the latest threat posed by illicit drug importation, as Australian authorities detect a worrying spike in nitazenes.
Nitazenes are an illicit and dangerous synthetic opioid which cancause serious and unpredictable health effects, including overdose which may present as loss of consciousness, shallow or stopped breathing, bluish-purple skin and slow or erratic pulse.
They are considered 10 times more potent than fentanyl and can be distributedas powders, tablets, nasal sprays, and vape liquids.
Nitazenes have been detected...