Fake opioid selling will get worse, says ex-addict
Welsh Emerging Drugs and Identification of Novel Substances analysed 4,979 samples last year and found two out of every five contained "unknown substances", up from 35% in 2021-22.
"I've taken tablets and I've woken up two days later in a cell, not knowing how I got there, what I've done - thinking I murdered somebody or something. That is the state these things will put you in. Because I didn't know what was in them pills."He said he was "full on addicted, like to heroin and crack and benzodiazepines," but believed he got through it because "somebody's watching over me".
"90% of the money it costs to produce these things is spent on the packaging, not what's in it. There's no level of care. "This message needs to get out there. Fake benzos in the next 12 months is going to go astronomical. All the heroin is going to die off.In 2021, 61 drug misuse deaths in Wales involved benzodiazepines, up from 35 in 2020.
Its chief executive Martin Blakebrough said: "Generally, people are getting used to using the internet to buy drugs. Problem is, is the online pharmacy legitimate?"
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