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| A dangerous opioid, forgotten for decades, is on the rise in illicit drug markets around the world. Emilie Steinmark, our Science correspondent and Alok Jha, host of the Babbage podcast, investigate what’s fuelled the spread of deadly nitazenes. 00:00 – What are nitazines? 00:40 – Why are we hearing about them now? 05:04 – Why are they so dangerous even in small doses? 06:05 – Why are nitazines appearing on the drug market now? 08:32 – Did drug prohibition lead to the rise of nitazines? 09:49 – How can countries respond and monitor nitazene use? 12:03 – How can we prevent the next nitazene crisis? #TheEconomist #Science #Nitazenes Links: Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/3JPdXAN Link to an article: https://econ.st/47PUtoP Sign up to our weekly newsletter: https://econ.st/3J0xzBr |
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