20-year-old dead after consuming new life-threatening drug – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio


23 November 2022 at 07:40 20-year-old dead after taking a new life-threatening drug A 20-year-old from Nedre Romerike has been confirmed dead, after taking the new, highly potent and synthetic opioid protonitazen. East police district reports that the person died in mid-October on their Facebook pages. This is so far the first registered death related to protonitazen in Norway. – We are concerned that people may ingest this without realizing how strong it is. Even a small dose can be life-threatening, the police write. This drug can be many times stronger than the infamous opioid fentanyl, which is between 75-100 times more powerful than heroin. The health authorities confirmed a week ago that there have been several life-threatening incidents in Norway with the narcotic drug protonitazen.



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