What’s in your heroin? The importance of drug composition monitoring in the synthetic opioid Era

Harm Reduction Journal · Published 2026-07-29 · DOI 10.1186/s12954-026-01502-1

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Margot Balcaen, Eric Deconinck, Sybrien Lievens, Michael Canfyn, Peter Van Campenhout, Lies Gremeaux

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2026

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Balcaen, M., Deconinck, E., Lievens, S., et al. (2026). What’s in your heroin? The importance of drug composition monitoring in the synthetic opioid Era. Harm Reduction Journal. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-026-01502-1

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