News: April 2025 Increasing range of drugs and new psychoactive substances found in vaping products It's a name you've probably never heard: nitazenes. These synthetic opioids are being found in counterfeit pills, powders and vapes. Nitazenes are 5 to 10 times more potent than fentanyl. Even a Overdoses Linked To Illicit Vape Juice NSW Health Pathology Deadly nitazene vapes: First Australian arrest made in Sydney The Australian More than 1200 vape vials laced with nitazene, a synthetic opioid 200 times more potent than morphine, were sold across Sydney, sparking Australia's first arrest over vapes spiked with the drug. Police