Further overdoses linked to synthetic opiates reported in Dublin

Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton has reaffirmed her commitment to expanding naloxone services citing the medication's vital role in saving the lives of those who suffered overdoses in recent weeks. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A dangerous synthetic opiate that led to numerous overdoses last month is still in circulation in Ireland, it has been warned.

Nitazene, a heroin alternative, was linked to over 74 overdoses in Cork and Dublin late last year — 57 of which occurred over a two-week period in Dublin.