A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market.

A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/ITtov

  • Dendr0@fedia.io
    3·
    5 months ago

    Sort of like the CIA and the crack epidemic, wonder how much influence China’s push into Africa has on this.

    • Wahots@pawb.social
      21·
      5 months ago

      Probably big. There was an interesting bit on NBC news last night about chinese gangs running drugs in Oklahoma and other states. Apparently, they have incredible grow ops and dgaf if they lose $1m in drugs to law enforcement on a regular basis.

      Must be a really big op…