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Nova Scotia Health says it's the archetypal clip the cause has been recovered successful the province's amerciable cause supply.
Tablets discovered successful Bridgetown incorporate 'extremely risky' substances that dilatory breathing and bosom rate
Lauren Ella Burke · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 11:54 AM EST | Last Updated: March 6
Nova Scotia Health has issued a nationalist alert astir a potent caller cause ne'er earlier seen successful the province's illegal cause supply.
The achromatic pills, seized successful Bridgetown, N.S., contain protonitazene, a synthetic opioid that is up to 20 times stronger than fentanyl, said Rebecca Penn, a harm simplification advisor for the wellness authority.
They also incorporate butonitazene, a synthetic opioid more almighty than morphine, and a benzodiazepine. Opioids and benzodiazepines work to dilatory down breathing and bosom rate, which tin pb to a fatal overdose.
"The operation of these [synthetic opioids] positive the benzodiazepine makes it highly risky, peculiarly if radical person nary thought that that's what they're taking," said Penn.
According to the alert, police seized the cause successful January and it was tested at the nationalist cause investigation work laboratory.
The tablets are triangular shaped with rounded corners, "D/D" connected 1 broadside and "8" connected the other.
The alert, which was posted online, described the drugs arsenic "extremely powerful," adding that "even a tiny magnitude tin beryllium fatal."
"What's concerning astir this peculiar illustration that was analyzed is it looked similar different pharmaceutical opioid that's commonly prescribed," Penn said.
While naloxone does not reverse benzodiazepine toxicity, Penn said naloxone should inactive beryllium administered if idiosyncratic appears to beryllium overdosing and opioids whitethorn beryllium involved.
"It's conscionable truly important to ever telephone 911 due to the fact that we don't cognize if there's besides different drugs that are connected committee that the naloxone won't help," she said.
Penn advised anyone taking a substance oregon pill that isn't prescribed to them to "let idiosyncratic know, commencement low, and spell slow."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lauren Ella Burke is simply a Mi'kmaw pistillate and a subordinate of Miawpukek First Nation. She is from Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) and presently resides successful Kjipuktuk (Halifax). She is an Associate Producer for CBC Nova Scotia. You tin email her astatine [email protected] with communicative ideas.
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