![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/new-killer-drug-leaves-bodies-strewn-across-uk-street-with-better-high-than-heroin/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Man-Buying-Drugs-On-The-Street.jpg&description=A drug user from the streets of Whitechapel in east London has explained why he thinks the UK streets are going to soon feel the force of the prescription drug epidemic the USA is facing. Fears are growing that a new killer drug "with a better high than heroin" has made its way to UK streets. One drug taker from London has a theory why lab-made painkillers, more commonly known as synthetic opioids, are take the streets by storm. It's the same thing which has causing an epidemic in the USA, with the drug ranging from 50 to 100 times stronger than regular heroin. Although many of the drugs in the crisis across the pond come, like Fentanyl and Oxycontin, have been around for more than 50 years, in the past 10 years prescription drugs have become a major problem. Due to the difference in strength, it's a lot easier for users to overdose, especially when the substance is being mixed with others drugs with a weaker substance, the Express reports. Remi, whose name has been changed to protect their identity, has helped shed a light on the ongoing drug problem hitting UK streets at the minute. He said: 'My addiction was still the same as it was six months before but my withdrawal was heavier. I didn't feel better until I went to a certain dealer. His drug [package] sizes were much smaller than others. So it didn't make sense to me [why I needed it so badly].' Remi is a drug user on Whitechapel High Street, in east London, but isn't alone. He has seen fellow addicts struggle with the pain of withdrawal and frantically look for their next hit. They added: 'It has a distinct, different taste,' he said, describing why he was seeking this seller's heroin. 'It is bitter and sweet when I smoke it, like an espresso with two sugars. 'The high is better too. Heroin is supposed to be a downer, right? But the sh*t that we're getting here is making people more active, it is giving you energy.' Remi thinks many of the people who are addicted to these drugs "don't have a f****** clue" and){kind=link}
A drug user from the streets of Whitechapel in east London has explained why he thinks the UK streets are going to soon feel the force of the prescription drug epidemic the USA is facing.
Fears are growing that a new killer drug “with a better high than heroin” has made its way to UK streets.
One drug taker from London has a theory why lab-made painkillers, more commonly known as synthetic opioids, are take the streets by storm. It’s the same thing which has causing an epidemic in the USA, with the drug ranging from 50 to 100 times stronger than regular heroin.
Although many of the drugs in the crisis across the pond come, like Fentanyl and Oxycontin, have been around for more than 50 years, in the past 10 years prescription drugs have become a major problem. Due to the difference in strength, it’s a lot easier for users to overdose, especially when the substance is being mixed with others drugs with a weaker substance, the Express reports.
Remi, whose name has been changed to protect their identity, has helped shed a light on the ongoing drug problem hitting UK streets at the minute. He said: “My addiction was still the same as it was six months before but my withdrawal was heavier. I didn’t feel better until I went to a certain dealer. His drug [package] sizes were much smaller than others. So it didn’t make sense to me [why I needed it so badly].”