Estland. NITAZENES - Estonia's Battle with Deadly Synthetic Opioids Reveals Global Drug Trade Links to China
Estland. NITAZENES - Estonia's Battle with Deadly Synthetic Opioids Reveals Global Drug Trade Links to China
On December 7, 2023, police responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment in the Kopli district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Upon arrival, they identified a man in his 30s, Sergei, and his partner, both of whom appeared to be extremely intoxicated. Sergei carried a mini-grip plastic bag containing 15 grams of a dirt-coloured substance, according to court files inspected by Postimees.
Testing would later reveal the substance to be protonitazene: one of many types of a synthetic opioid known as a nitazene. (Postimees, Estland, 20.01.2025)
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