Nitazenes: The alarm bells have been sounded but no one’s hearing them
Despite escalating warnings about a new highly potent synthetic opioid, pharmacists, general practitioners, and club-goers in Tower Hamlets remain critically
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Nitazenes
Deadlier than heroin or fentanyl, nitazenes have arrived in Tower Hamlets. A new investigative series by Tower Hamlets Slice asks, are we prepared for this new type of synthetic opioid?
Disappearing nitazenes: How a lethal synthetic opioid is slipping through post-mortem tests
As Tower Hamlets grapples with one of London’s highest opiate usage rates, a hidden wave of nitazene-linked deaths is going
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Nitazenes and the dark web: I (almost) bought dangerous synthetic opioids from the comfort of my local coffee shop – and you can too!
Drug dealing has entered the digital age, with illegal online marketplaces disrupting local drug supplies. When the Taliban took control
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How to avoid nitazenes, the under-reported opioid finding its way into our drug supply
Knowledge and preparation are key to preventing unintentional addiction and overdose caused by nitazenes hidden in recreational drugs and counterfeit
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Nitazenes: Tower Hamlets rough sleepers report panic about new synthetic opioids hidden in drugs
A climate of fear has taken over Tower Hamlets’ community of rough sleepers, with nearly everyone saying they’ve lost friends
Read more![Orange silhouettes of a rough sleeper, disabled person and party-goer are shown over archive images of opioid dens in the Victorian times. Text overlay reads: "'There is a dark side behind the exotic colours, sounds and smells' 'The daughter of two heroin addicts [.] spoke a bizare form of pidgin jamaican-English' BBC, 2011."](https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/nitazene-crisis-tower-hamlets-victorian-opium-dens-drug-user-types-800x445.jpg)
Nitazenes: History hasn’t prepared us for synthetic opioids
Nitazenes are up to five hundred times stronger than heroin, but the way we understand drug use hasn’t changed to
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The arrival of an invisible killer: Is Tower Hamlets ready for nitazenes?
Deadlier than heroin or fentanyl, nitazenes have arrived in Tower Hamlets. A new investigative series by the Slice asks, are
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