Isotonitazene

• ‘It was poison’: Father speaks out after 15-year-old son dies from overdose

  The father of Montreal teenager Mathis Boivin is speaking out after his eldest child fatally overdosed after buying what he believed was oxycontin.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2024
  
• Warning issued about dangerous synthetic opioid in Halifax after drug seizure

  Halifax Regional Police have issued a warning about a 'highly potent synthetic opioid' seized in Halifax at the end of September.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2023
  
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• Interior Health issues overdose warning for fake tablet with drug more potent than fentanyl

  “Isotonitazene is equally or more potent than fentanyl. This means that these fake tablets may be 20-plus times stronger than real dilaudid or hydromorphone tablets.”

  Health

  Nov 14, 2023
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• RCMP warns of new drug with similar effects to fentanyl in Nova Scotia

  'Given the current limited state of knowledge regarding Isotonitazene, caution is recommended.'

  Crime

  Jan 29, 2021
• Halifax police issue warning after seizing 1,900 pills of potent new opioid

  Police say the opioid was found as part of a drug trafficking investigation. It is the first seizure of isotonitazene in Halifax. 

  Crime

  Mar 5, 2020
• Saint John police issue warning after finding potent new opioid in the city

  Police say someone may need several doses of naloxone, a drug used to block the effects of opioids, to effectively counter an overdose of the potent new opioid isotonitazene.

  Health

  Mar 5, 2020