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Instead, he described considering the possibility of a "highly toxic synthetic opiate" such as carfentanyl, which has a potency "hundreds of thousands of times greater than fentanyl".

Just under half involved an opiate such as heroin, while the number of cocaine deaths rose for the 12th year in a row.

One young person needed immediate treatment with Naloxone, a medication used to treat opiate overdoses, after inhaling from an illicit device.

A child has been treated for an opiate overdose after using a "potentially fatal" black market vape, health officials have said.

Martinez’s prison disciplinary record, however, included write-ups for using heroin and possessing medication used to treat opiate addiction, prosecutors say.