NSW - Public drug warning: Cocaine found to contain heroin and large amounts of lidocaine
Published on August 11, 2021
Source: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/aod/public-drug-alerts/Pages/cocaine-cont-heroin-lidocaine.aspx
Emergency: If you are experiencing an emergency, please call an ambulance on 000, or if you need to speak to someone urgently please call the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015.
Lidocaine has recently been associated with two deaths in NSW relating to cocaine use, and police drug seizures have found high levels of lidocaine in cocaine. Further hospitalisations from heroin overdose in people using cocaine have also occurred across Sydney.
Click here for the NSW Health Public Alert