The looming threat of synthetic opioids in Europe?

The looming threat of synthetic opioids in Europe?

For over 20 years, the opioid crisis in North America has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, primarily due to over-prescribing by doctors and marketing by pharmaceutical companies of powerful opioid-based painkillers, which has led millions of people into addiction. While it appears that Europe has largely avoided an epidemic on the scale of the US, there is a notable lack of information regarding the potential for a synthetic opioid crisis on the continent. (Global Initiative against organized Crime, 22.10.2024)

https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/the-looming-threat-of-synthetic-opioids-in-europe/