Fentanyl in heroin, dose with zombie drug found in Italy: in the USA it caused 100 thousand deaths

The alarm went off in Umbria in recent weeks. Bassetti: "It costs little and kills much more than heroin and morphine"

ROME – Fentanyl was found as a cutting substance in a dose of heroin sold in Perugia, the synthetic opioid 80 times more powerful than morphine which according to the Centers for Disease Control only in 2022 it caused over 100 thousand deaths from severe acute poisoning in the United States.

THE ALARM IN THE PAST WEEKS SOUTH OF TERNI

The alarm about the presence of the ‘zombie drug’ also in our country was raised in recent weeks after a random check carried out by the staff of a social cooperative on a dose of ‘street’ heroin sold to a user of the Serd of Terni.The powerful analgesic was found in the dose in a percentage of 5%. The Department for anti-drug policies took immediate action, while the Ministry of Health sent a note to the Health departments of all the Regions to urge them to inform people who use substances of the “very serious” risks for health.

BASSETTI: “ITS COSTS CHEAP AND IS POWERFUL LIKE HEROIN AND MORPHINE”

“Fentanyl, which is a drug that must be used under medical guidance to control severe pain – says Professor Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the San Martino Polyclinic in Genoa – has become in recent years a substitute for heroin, so much so that it has earned the title of ‘zombie drug’ Why is Fentanyl used to cut heroinin addition to being as powerful as heroin and morphine, it costs little. In fact, it is not linked to any cultivation, because it is a synthetic drug – explains Bassetti – made in a laboratory. Furthermore, being very powerful, it is strong enough>minimum quantities to have many doses. Great care must be taken if you use narcotic substances: Fentanyl – he concludes – kills more than heroin and morphine”.