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Politics
Savannah Meacham

Pill-testing scrapped as deadly opioid emerges

A synthetic opioid 40 times more powerful than fentanyl has been found in Australian wastewater. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE)

A state government has been slammed for abandoning permanent pill-testing clinics after extremely potent synthetic opioids were found in Australian wastewater for the first time.

Queensland has decided not to renew contracts for fixed pill testing sites at Brisbane's Bowen Hills and Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, with doors set to close on April 4.

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