Fentanyl and Nitazenes: Health Hazards
Commons · Question 1947 · Tabled 26 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to educate the drug using community on the risks of (a) nitazine and (b) fentanyl.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 1 Aug 2024
The Department is monitoring the threat that the synthetic opioids nitazenes and fentanyls pose, and is working with partners across Government to respond to this threat. Educating the drug using community of the risks these drugs pose is vital. In 2018, ...