Health bodies establishing early warning system for deadly opiates
Packets of fentanyl seized by US Customs and Border Protection in 2019. The HSE has said it is not aware of any seizure of fentanyl by An Garda Síochána. Picture courtesy of the US Customs and Border Protection
The HSE says it has not yet seen any signs that the deadly opiate drug, fentanyl, has arrived in Ireland after concerns were expressed that the drug might be present in recent overdoses.
Health bodies — including the Health Research Board and the HSE — are setting up a new early warning system to help alert them to the emergence of new drugs, such as synthetic opiates like fentanyl.
