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An urgent warming has been issued by Victoria’s health department after a deadly opioid was found being sold as cocaine in Melbourne . The novel synthetic opioid, called Protonitazene, is 100 times more potent than heroin and can be life-threatening in even very small amounts. The opioid has been found as a white powder being sold in Melbourne as cocaine. “Cocaine and protonitazene are very different substances.
“Using protonitazene with depressants such as alcohol, GHB or depressant drugs increases the risk of overdose. “There have been recent serious harms in Melbourne associated with a white powder sold as cocaine that contained protonitazene. “The product appears to produce strong adverse effects such as loss of consciousness, respiratory depression, and life-threatening hypoxia .” Signs of opioid overdose are slowed breathing, reduced consciousness and tiny pupils in some cases.
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