Victoria Health issues safety warning after 'life-threatening' opioid sold as ketamine

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Victoria Health issues safety warning after 'life-threatening' opioid sold as ketamine
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The Department of Health issued the warning today, saying a 'yellow powder containing the potent opioid 'protonitazene' has been mis-sold'. 9News

issued the warning today, saying a "yellow powder containing the potent opioid 'protonitazene' has been mis-sold".

"There have been serious recent hospitalisations associated with this powder," the department on its website.leading to loss of consciousness and respiratory depression which may cause life-threatening hypoxia ."

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