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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey Medical editor

NSW Health warns of opioid risk after people took heroin thinking it was cocaine or methamphetamine

Ambulance in New South Wales
In November three people were admitted to hospital from a heroin overdose after using substances they thought to be cocaine. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

The NSW health department has issued a drugs warning after 11 people who believed they were using cocaine or methamphetamine recently experienced an opioid overdose.

In eight of the overdose cases where drug samples were available, heroin was the opioid identified.

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