Dyfed-Powys Police is urging drug users to take extra care following reports of a particularly harmful batch of heroin circulating in south Wales. The warning comes days after Barod, drug and alcohol service reported dangerous and toxic heroin circulating in Pembroke Dock. The service warned users not to use out of sight of others and to carry naloxone, medication used to block the effects of opioids and to counter decreased breathing in opioid overdose. Users can get nalaxone from the Dyfed Drug & Alcohol Service. Police are now warning of a batch of heroin circulating in Carmarthenshire, thought to have originated in Llanelli, is particularly dangerous.
Dyfed-Powys Police is urging drug users to take extra care following reports of a particularly harmful batch of heroin circulating in south Wales. The warning comes days after Barod, drug and alcohol service reported dangerous and toxic heroin circulating in Pembroke Dock. The service warned users not to use out of sight of others and to carry naloxone, medication used to block the effects of opioids and to counter decreased breathing in opioid overdose. Users can get nalaxone from the Dyfed Drug & Alcohol Service. Police are now warning of a batch of heroin circulating in Carmarthenshire, thought to have originated in Llanelli, is particularly dangerous.