New deadly pills have appeared on the street in the Lothians and other parts of Scotland leading to a rise in drug deaths.
Nitazenes have reared their ugly head across the country and it is said that they can be several times stronger than heroin and as much as ten times as potent as fentanyl which led to mass drug abuse deaths in America and the worst rates of drug deaths in the world.
Forms Nitazenes, which are synthetic opioids, were discovered in six areas across Scotland, which has led to Public Health Scotland warning citizens of the dangers the pose, the Daily Record reports.