April 2, 2024 – While it is unknown which opiate caused the overdoses, Pastor Mick Fleming, founder of Church on the Street, fears that deaths will be “off-the-scale” due to synthetic substances called nitazenes cut into street drugs like heroin and anxiety medication. Our church normally sees three opiate deaths a year. But we’ve had eight since January. “It’s a crisis. We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg. It will only get worse. This is going to be massive. It’s going to change the way the Government has to tackle addiction. We’re seeing a complete transformation of the drug world. The deaths are going to be off-the-scale.”
Pastor Mick says the synthetics are being mixed into street drugs like pregabalin due to a lack of heroin. He believes people are unaware they are taking nitazenes when they buy what they think is heroin or another drug.
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