A batch of synthetics is believed to be linked to at least one death and a serious hospital admission in Taranaki. Photo / Manawatu, Taranaki, Whanganui-Ruapehu Police Facebook page
A potentially deadly batch of synthetic drugs is circulating in the Taranaki region and possibly other areas of New Zealand.
High Alert and police are warning that a particularly dangerous batch of synthetic cannabinoids - also known as synthetics or synnies - is probably linked to at least one death
and another serious hospital admission in the Taranaki region.
High Alert, which provides a warning system for dangerous drugs, is recommending extreme caution to those consuming synthetic cannabinoids, especially in the Taranaki region.
"It's likely the synnie responsible for this harm is 4F-MDMB-BICA," the High Alert website says.
"It's possible other synthetic cannabinoids substances are also involved. 4F-MDMB-BICA has been implicated in a number of deaths overseas and other harm events in New Zealand.
