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White-brown powder containing metonitazene

May 5, 2025
  • VIC
  • Heroin
     
  • Ketamine
     
  • Nitazenes
     
  • Opioids
    • A white-brown powder containing the potent opioid ‘metonitazene’ may be sold as ketamine or heroin. Metonitazene is a potent synthetic opioid Opioids are central nervous system depressants that produce effects including pain relief, sedation and respiratory depression (where breathing slows or stops). Respiratory depression often appears more quickly with potent synthetic opioids (PSOs), increasing the risk of life-threatening overdose. Metonitazene is a PSO. Its
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    Novel benzodiazepine found in counterfeit ‘Xanax’ pressed pill and off-white powder

    April 22, 2025
  • QLD
  • Benzodiazepines
     
  • Depressants
    • Two samples presented for checking at Cheqpoint’s Bowen Hills location, now closed, have been found to contain ethylbromazolam as the primary ingredient. Little is known about the effects of this research chemical with the latest detection in this region being reported by High Alert New Zealand in March this year. This is the first time this substance has been detected by a
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    Pressed pill sold as oxycodone containing a strong nitazene

    April 14, 2025
  • QLD
  • Nitazenes
     
  • Opioids
     
  • Oxycodone
    • Protonitazene has been detected in Queensland in a green, bear shaped pressed pill marked ‘Y’ by the CheQpoint drug checking service in Bowen Hills, Brisbane. The pill was sold as oxycodone.Nitazenes are a group of very strong opioids that work like heroin or fentanyl and can produce life-threatening toxicity in small amounts. Toxic Effects The toxic effects of nitazenes are
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    Tablets sold as oxycodone containing a strong nitazene

    April 3, 2025
  • QLD
  • Nitazenes
     
  • Opioids
     
  • Oxycodone
    • A nitazene (either protonitazene or isotonitazene) has been detected in Queensland in a small round yellow tablet with a ‘high’ press (small in circumference and tall in height) by the CheQpoint drug checking service in Bowen Hills, Brisbane.The tablet was purchased as oxycodone from the darknet from an international retailer.Nitazenes are a group of very strong opioids that work like
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    Bromonordiazepam found in counterfeit ‘Xanax’ pill

    February 28, 2025
  • ACT
  • Benzodiazepines
     
  • Depressants
    • A WHITE PRESSED PILL (‘Xanax’ bar with XANAX press and a 2 press on the back) expected to contain alprazolam. The pill was found to contain bromonordiazepam instead. What is bromonordiazepam? It’s a novel benzodiazepine, or ‘Benzo’. Benzos are drugs typically used to sedate and treat anxiety. They’re classified as depressants and can have a very long half-life. Effects of
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