Alice Seywright

•DRDs in Scotland in 2024 ⬇️13% to 1017.
•Most common substance type was opioids (80%) followed by benzos (56%) and cocaine (47%).
•People in the most deprived areas were 12x more like to die of DRD than least deprived (compared to 2x for all causes of death).

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I can assure you, BBC, the limit for cocaine in blood for driving in Scotland is not, in fact, 10 mg/L. Someone needs a maths class.

Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogs in illicit drug samples - Harm Reduction Journal Background The detection of nitazene compounds in the United Kingdom has raised concerns among healthcare professionals, public health authorities, and law enforcement due to the increased risk of fat...

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It's important to find common ground in the meeting room.

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Well this is exactly what I need, thanks!

Identification of 5-aminometonitazene and 5-acetamidometonitazene in a postmortem case: are nitro-nitazenes unstable? Abstract. In recent years, the use of 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids (‘nitazenes’) has increased with them becoming one of the most prominent synthetic opio

The potential for degradation of nitazenes in unpreserved blood. Should we be testing in preserved?
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