The emergence of nitazenes on the Irish heroin market and national preparation for possible future outbreaks

Addiction. 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1111/add.16525. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Nicki Killeen¹, Rodney Lakes², Mairead Webster³, Sarah Killoran², Sinead McNamara⁴, Pierce Kavanagh⁵, Marie Eagleton⁴, Seamus McCormack⁶, Eva Micheau⁶, Adrian Moughty⁷, Cathal O'Donnell⁸, Martin O'Reilly⁹, Gavin Doyle⁸, Sean O'Rourke⁸, Sally Downing¹⁰, Caoimhe Flynn¹, Eamon Keenan¹

Affiliations

¹ HSE National Social Inclusion Office, Dublin, Ireland.
² Forensic Science Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
³ The State Laboratory, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ HSE National Drug Treatment Centre Laboratory, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB), Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ The National Ambulance Service, Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Dublin Fire Brigade, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ HSE Communications Division, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 38720174
DOI: 10.1111/add.16525

No abstract available

Keywords: Drug monitoring; early warning; harm reduction responses; new psychoactive substances; nitazenes; synthetic opioids.

Publication types

Letter