🚨 Reflections from the powerful session on “Navigating the Synthetic Drug Challenges” led by Steve Rolles and Dr. Caroline Copeland (UK): We are entering a new and dangerous era in global drug policy. What we heard today confirms the urgency. 👇 Here are two key takeaways from the discussion: Tweet 1 A new drug crisis is coming — faster, deadlier, and harder to stop. Forget heroin. Synthetic opioids like nitazenes are up to 500x more potent than fentanyl, which is itself 50x stronger than heroin. They’re cheap, easy to make, and impossible to control. This is a public health timebomb. Tweet 2 💡 Repression won’t solve the synthetic drug crisis. Cartels now need just a greeting card’s worth of powder to ship thousands of lethal doses. We must invest in: ✅ Regulated safer supply ✅ Drug checking & naloxone ✅ Education ✅ Decriminalization The time to act is now. #SyntheticDrugs #PublicHealth #DrugReform @SteveTransform @HelenClarkNZ @Kazatchkine @richardbranson @ProfAdeeba @ElBaradei @MichelSidibe @nickclegg @ExRelator_ONU @Oolusegun_obj @GPapandreou @JuanManSantos @FHC @RicardoLagos @JoseRamosHorta1