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Editorial
. 2024 Aug;119(8):1334-1336.
doi: 10.1111/add.16420. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Opioid problems are changing in Europe with worrying signals that synthetic opioids may play a more significant role in the future

Paul N Griffiths  1 , Thomas Seyler  1 , Joanna M De Morais  1 , Jane E Mounteney  1 , Roumen S Sedefov  1
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Editorial

Opioid problems are changing in Europe with worrying signals that synthetic opioids may play a more significant role in the future

Paul N Griffiths et al. Addiction. 2024 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: fentanyl; heroin; nitazene; opioid mortality; opioids; synthetic opioids.

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