Fentanyl

Detective inspector Blair MacDonald, Manager National Drug Intelligence Bureau, said preliminary testing of the powder has indicated the presence of fentanyl, ...

"Police are now working urgently to determine the source of the drug, and its prevalence in the community." "The discovery of powdered fentanyl in New Zealand is of significant concern, due to the harm caused internationally by the synthetic opioid," MacDonald said. He said police are investigating after the dozen people hospitalised are all believed to be linked to the consumption of the drug.

A dozen people have been hospitalised over the weekend due to suspected fentanyl overdoses, all in the Wairarapa region.

We can confirm fentanyl test strips will give a positive result with this substance and further testing is underway to confirm the ID.— KnowYourStuffNZ (@KnowYourStuffNZ) pic.twitter.com/lyRQb82eQX June 26, 2022 The drug information website High Alert says the 12 people displayed the same symptoms as an opioid overdose after consuming white powder sold as cocaine and methamphetamine. "High Alert strongly urges people not to take any white powder at this time and testing is recommended to help minimise the risk."

It was found in a white powder being sold as cocaine in the Wairarapa region. Fentanyl can cause overdoses in even tiny amounts.

Twelve people have been hospitalized, with some in serious condition, as New Zealand police investigate the discovery of powdered fentanyl which was sold as ...

“If it’s widely prevalent that’s an incredibly dangerous place for us to be,” said Macdonald. This is the first time powdered fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, has been discovered in the country. “For example in North America last year alone, over 60,000 people lost their lives due to fentanyl overdose,” Macdonald said.

All 12 displayed symptoms of opioid overdose after consuming white powder sold as cocaine and methamphetamine.

High Alert says if you or someone you know consume a white powder and start to lose consciousness or breathe slowly, call 111 immediately. The drug information website High Alert says the 12 people displayed the same symptoms as an opioid overdose after consuming white powder sold as cocaine and methamphetamine. "Those hospitalised displayed the same symptoms as an opioid overdose, and all responded well to naloxone - a drug that reverses an opioid overdose," the website states.

A dozen people have been hospitalised due to suspected fentanyl overdoses, all in the Wairarapa region. All of the 12 had symptoms of an opioid overdose, ...

A dangerous drug that kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S each year has reached our shores. Twelve people have been hospitalised after taking a po.

A dozen people have been hospitalised due to suspected fentanyl overdoses in the Wairarapa region. National Drug Intelligence Bureau manager detective inspector ...

What we saw over the weekend was most people very quickly losing consciousness. And again, be really open and honest with the ambulance or the first responding people, you won't get in trouble, but let them know." Fentanyl test strips can help identify the substance and drug checking services can also identify when a substance is not what it has been sold as. "Upon the testing that we conducted yesterday, this drug was fentanyl only and didn't have any cocaine in it." National Drug Intelligence Bureau manager detective inspector Blair Macdonald says education is crucial to the opioid crisis. A drug expert says there is no evidence to suggest widespread underground fentanyl use in Aotearoa.

A Kiwi drug researcher says the discovery of fentanyl in New Zealand is a real concern and even being a "few grains" of salt off in dose size could kill.

There is a chance this was diverted from the health system." "The real risk here is that we have a large batch of fentanyl that drug dealers are now using to counterfeit or to fill out heroin, or morphine or methamphetamine and that will mean fentanyl will get circulated quite widely without people knowing. "New Zealand has connections in the illegal drug market with China through methamphetamine so there is a chance that someone has imported quite a big batch of fentanyl and are now trying to sell it as counterfeit either morphine or heroin or even methamphetamine." "It is used in the health system for particular types of really serious high-level pain so fentanyl is not a new drug, it's been around in the health system for quite a long time... A Kiwi drug researcher says the discovery of fentanyl in New Zealand is a real concern and even being a "few grains" of salt off in dose size could kill. One of the reasons he told the Herald the synthetic opioid emerged in the US was because it is much more potent, cheaper and easier to conceal.

"Just be careful out there," is the message Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson has for drug users in her community after 12 people in the Wairarapa were ...

Organisation Know Your Stuff said in 2018 it had detected the controversial painkiller at an unnamed festival. It was said then that it was the first time it had been detected in New Zealand's illicit drug market. He explained the licit supply of the synthetic opioid in New Zealand is typically in liquid form.

Eleven people were hospitalised after consuming what they thought was cocaine and methamphetamine - but it was fentanyl.

Twelve people were hospitalised due to fentanyl overdoses in the Wairarapa on the weekend; Three people said they thought they were taking cocaine and ...

We have essentially, in the 1970s, adopted the same drug laws,” she said. “We are quite hamstrung in terms of being able to respond to this, should it turn into a bigger situation. An injectable version of naloxone that is funded can only be administered by health staff. So we need to act really quickly,” she said. “An overdose can happen quite quickly with fentanyl. Foundation chief executive Sarah Helm said in some parts of the country, ambulance services don’t have access to the drug naloxone, which could save a person who has overdosed, and the entire health system was “grossly underprepared” for an opioid crisis.

A Kiwi drug researcher says the discovery of fentanyl in New Zealand is a real concern and even being a few grains of salt off in dose size could kill. T.

There is a chance this was diverted from the health system." "New Zealand has connections in the illegal drug market with China through methamphetamine so there is a chance that someone has imported quite a big batch of fentanyl and are now trying to sell it as counterfeit either morphine or heroin or even methamphetamine." A Kiwi drug researcher says the discovery of fentanyl in New Zealand is a real concern and even being a "few grains" of salt off in dose size could kill. "It is used in the health system for particular types of really serious high-level pain so fentanyl is not a new drug, it's been around in the health system for quite a long time... Expert: Fentanyl dose being off by the size of a 'few grains' of salt could kill Expert: Fentanyl dose being off by the size of a 'few grains' of salt could kill

Those protections include access to fentanyl testing strips or Naloxone, a treatment which can reverse opioid overdose and is now widely available in the US.

So far, New Zealand has escaped the toll of fentanyl, a highly dangerous synthetic opioid that kills tens of thousands of people in the US every year. It is responsible for killing literally hundreds of thousands of people in America … The dose rate between synthetic opioids and cocaine is stark. “If this indeed turned into a fentanyl adulteration of our drug supply, we don’t have the tools in place to help prevent overdose. Macdonald said police had been brought into the area from other cities to investigate the drug’s possible source. Drug testing is legal in New Zealand. Twelve people were hospitalised or required urgent medical care in the Wairarapa region this weekend, after accidentally overdosing on fentanyl that had been sold as cocaine.

The drug that killed more than 100000 Americans last year is now thought to be behind 12 overdoses in Wairarapa.

From there generally the drugs will come through Canada, the US or Mexico, and make their way down to Australasia." Asked how supplies would have reached Aotearoa, he said: "There's illegitimate labs in China and Mexico that produce it. "We're a licensed drug checker, so we've got all the capability to actually do this and to have these facilities available but we just don't have any funding to actually make that happen." "We've got 20 outlets around the country and quite a few of those outlets are in those more provincial areas," she said. He said the bureau was still trying to find the supplier and how the drug got into the country. Managing director Wendy Allison said its re-appearance was not unexpected, and in the four years since, New Zealand had legalised drug checking and developed a national alert system for high-risk drugs.

A Kiwi dad who lost his daughter to the opioid fentanyl says we need to crack down on the suppliers who brought the deadly drug to Aotearoa.

NZ Drug Foundation boss Sarah Helm wants naloxone - a medicine used to treat an opioid overdose - to be more widely available.

"Waiting for an ambulance can be the time that it takes for someone to die. They had all been given - and responded well to - naloxone, but Helm warned others might not be so lucky. High Alert is a notification system made up of health, law enforcement and non-Governmental organisations.

An American drug abuse expert has warned that fentanyl is potent, dangerous and easy to overdose on with evidence the synthetic opioid is now circulating in ...

It does have a much more potent high, the onset it faster and it also dissipates more quickly." "It's extremely potent and very dangerous and easy to overdose on" - Dr Emily Einstein "It's extremely potent and very dangerous and easy to overdose on" - Dr Emily Einstein duration 3:43

Though the woman had been scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Kitsap County Superior Court, prosecutors released her from the booking charges related ...

No explanation of how the boy came into contact with fentanyl was included in the report. Riley’s mother, Stephanie Ann Melton, 40, was accused of providing the drugs. In May 2021, 11-year-old Riley Melton of Port Orchard died from what police described as an unintentional overdose.

Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers. The drug that killed more than 100,000 Americans last year is now thought to be behind 12 overdoses in Wairarapa.

From there generally the drugs will come through Canada, the US or Mexico, and make their way down to Australasia." Asked how supplies would have reached Aotearoa, he says: "There's illegitimate labs in China and Mexico that produce it. "We're a licensed drug checker, so we've got all the capability to actually do this and to have these facilities available but we just don't have any funding to actually make that happen." "We've got 20 outlets around the country and quite a few of those outlets are in those more provincial areas," she says. He says the bureau is still trying to find the supplier and how the drug got into the country. Managing director Wendy Allison says its re-appearance is not unexpected, and in the four years since, New Zealand has legalised drug checking and developed a national alert system for high-risk drugs.

The New Zealand Drug Foundation have arranged drug testing clinics in Wellington and Masterton this week after a powerful synthetic opioid was discovered ...

"Police are now working urgently to determine the source of the drug, and its prevalence in the community." "Just one gram of pure powdered fentanyl is the equivalent of 20,000 safe doses of the drug." "The discovery of powdered fentanyl in New Zealand is of significant concern, due to the harm caused internationally by the synthetic opioid," MacDonald said.

A free pop-up drug testing one-stop shop is being held in Wairarapa this week to help people find our if they've got the potentially lethal synthetic opiate ...

And do you recall where you first heard of a convoy headed to Parliament in 2022, and where you watched a blow-by-blow account of the following 23 days? Featherston resident Wendy Allison of drug testing organisation KnowYourStuff NZ said better knowledge and resources were the key to preventing these kinds of overdose events in the future. George co-authored a report to the New Zealand Medical Journal in March 2020 saying the illicit opiate landscape was changing, and we were “woefully underprepared” for the arrival of fentanyl. He said in response to the drug circulating in the community, there would be a pop-up drug testing station at Drugs Project on Hope St in Masterton on Thursday. A pop-up drug testing centre in Masterton is the latest effort to combat a sudden spate of drug overdoses in Wairarapa. The Wairarapa District Health Board could not confirm that the drug taken was fentanyl, but police were reporting the synthetic opiate was suspected to be responsible for a dozen overdoses in Masterton and Carterton.

By RNZ An expert at the National Institute of Drug Abuse in the United States has warned that fentanyl is extremely potent, very dangerous and easy to over.

It does have a much more potent high, the onset it faster and it also dissipates more quickly." 'Greater risk of overdose': US drug expert warns against using fentanyl 'Greater risk of overdose': US drug expert warns against using fentanyl