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Potent synthetic opioid nitazene detected in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria

Health officials warn that these synthetic opioids are up to eight times stronger than fentanyl, and increasingly appearing in counterfeit pills A powerful synthetic opioid called nitazene has begun appearing…

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