31-07-2025
Terrifying rise of UK's most lethal Frankenstein drug EVER as experts warn of wave of Scots deaths
A LETHAL 'Frankenstein' drug is tearing through Scotland - with experts warning of an imminent wave of deaths.
Public Health Scotland (PHS) has sounded the alarm over nitazene-type opioids, which are linked to six per cent of deaths in early 2025.
2
Nitazene are man-made opioids which can be up to 500 times stronger than heroin
2
They were first developed as a pain-killing medication in the 1950s but were never approved for medical use
Credit: Alamy
These synthetic opioids, often mixed with black market morphine, can be up to 500 times stronger than heroin.
The
