The rise of opiates: How Ireland's 'broken' health service is behind a surge in prescription painkillers
The use of powerful painkillers has gradually risen in recent years.
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The use of powerful painkillers has gradually risen in recent years.
Prince Rogers Nelson died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl on 15 April 2016.
Carey Dean Moore received a lethal concoction containing diazepam, fentanyl and potassium chloride.
A doctor will pay a fine.
Tony Duffin of Ana Liffey Drug Project says the trend is causing “great uncertainty and people are frightened”.
Carfentanyl, which has caused deaths across the US and in the UK, has been detected in Northern Ireland.
U-4 is a dangerous synthetic opioid discovered recently for the first time in Ireland.
Autopsy results released in June show Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose.
The drug is 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country’s heroin problems.
Five deaths in Ireland have been linked to fentanyl-related substances.
The HSE believes a more potent drug is being sold as heroin.
The 63-year-old singer is famous for her cover of Prince’s I Feel for You.