{"id":84675,"date":"2026-02-09T08:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=84675"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:19:32","slug":"synthetic-opioids-may-have-caused-hundreds-more-uk-deaths-than-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/09\/synthetic-opioids-may-have-caused-hundreds-more-uk-deaths-than-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthetic opioids may have caused hundreds more UK deaths than thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1LJ0lE.img?w=534&amp;h=427&amp;m=6\" alt=\"In 2024, the NCA reported that 333 fatalities across the UK were linked to nitazenes, but researchers say the true number could be much higher. Photograph: The Washington Post\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deaths caused by a synthetic opioid that is hundreds of times stronger than heroin may have been underestimated by up to a third across the UK, according to research. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/synthetic-opioids-may-have-caused-hundreds-more-uk-deaths-than-thought\/ar-AA1VXdWH?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69899368470a49ea8f88d579bf310f5b&amp;ei=17\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Deaths caused by a synthetic opioid that is hundreds of times stronger than heroin may have been underestimated by up to a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/synthethic-opioid.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84676,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84675\/revisions\/84676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}