‘Stuff of nightmares’: Doctor’s alarm after police seize 11kg of pure powdered fentanyl
Emergency specialist Associate Professor David Caldicott says the opioid is 'very dangerous' in the wrong hands
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The prospect of large amounts of fentanyl being introduced to the Australian illicit market is the stuff of “nightmares”, says a leading emergency doctor in the wake of a huge drugs seizure.
Associate Professor David Caldicott was commenting after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) revealed details of an 11kg shipment of the synthetic opioid.