Europe Could Soon Be Hooked on Fentanyl - Foreign Policy
Apr 26, 2024 · There are several reasons for the rising fears about fentanyl in Europe. The European Union estimates that most of the roughly 1 million European consumers of illicit opioids use heroin. So far,...
Why Europe Has Dodged America’s Fentanyl Crisis - VICE
In 2017, a spike in fentanyl-related deaths in the north of England and a series of police raids on suppliers led many to believe the super potent opioid had finally found its way into Britain’s...
Europe must prepare for fentanyl surge, EU home affairs
Sep 21, 2023 · The EU needs to prepare for a surge in the synthetic drug fentanyl, Ylva Johansson, the EU's home affairs commissioner, told POLITICO following a warning from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Europe either has an undiscovered problem with synthetic drugs or will be hit by one soon.
Fentanyl kills thousands every year in America. Will Europe be next?
Nov 16, 2023 · Drugs of fentanyl’s ilk currently kill around 70,000 Americans a year, more than died in the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. In Europe, that brand of junk never really took off:...
Europe’s escalating fentanyl crisis - European Parliament
Oct 25, 2023 · Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin, and its use is not just an American issue: while the USA accounted for 19.3 % of global fentanyl consumption in 2021, Germany, Spain and Italy were close behind, with 14.5 %, 11.8 % and 6.3 % respectively.
Drug-induced deaths – the current situation in Europe (European …
Jun 11, 2024 · Potent synthetic opioids, such as the fentanyl derivative carfentanil and nitazene opioids, some of which are significantly more potent than fentanyl, have been associated with some outbreaks of fatal and non-fatal poisonings.
Opioids: a new drug threat for Europe - Consilium
Jul 11, 2024 · Concern has grown in the EU over the use of synthetic opioids, a crisis that has engulfed the United States over the last 10 years. Fentanyl has become the primary cause of opioid-related overdose death in North America. Europe has witnessed a steady rise in prescription opioid use in the last decade, primarily driven by increased numbers of ...
Taliban poppy ban puts Europe on fentanyl alert – POLITICO
Mar 30, 2023 · Almost all heroin consumed in Europe comes from Afghanistan, where the Taliban have imposed a ban on poppy cultivation that will take effect in the coming weeks. The likely poppy shortage could make it more profitable for criminals to manufacture synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, to be sold to desperate addicts denied their hit of heroin.
Fentanyl proliferation and use in Europe - European Parliament
Apr 5, 2024 · According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, fentanyl use across the EU has been on the rise in recent years thanks to its ease of production and distribution. Originally developed to relieve pain in cancer patients, fentanyl is widely used as a narcotic: it is 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger ...
The scourge of fentanyl and the increase in drug use
Jul 31, 2024 · An alarming trend, which, if linked to the ever-increasing spread of substances such as fentanyl, which is now an uncontrolled scourge in the United States of America, risks shattering and destroying millions of lives in Europe as well.