After a record amount of fentanyl was seized in Melbourne, authorities are sounding the alarm about the highly dangerous drug that has rarely been found in Australia.
Federal authorities have found an "extraordinary" amount of fentanyl hidden inside machinery in a Melbourne warehouse.— a record in Australia — and 30 kilograms of methamphetamine that arrived from Canada late last year.
The drug interrupts the way nerves signal pain between the brain and the body, so it can quickly and effectively block pain.Fentanyl is normally prescribed as a patch, but can also come in the form of a lozenge, lollipop or intravenous injection. But the AFP says overseas criminal syndicates are known to lace other drugs with fentanyl, often with fatal consequences.
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