Guidelines and recommendations on national synthetic opioid preparedness in European countries

In Europe, highly potent synthetic opioids (SOs) and related overdoses are a growing public health and safety threat. This report provides guidelines and recommendations on preparedness related to synthetic opioids on the following topics:

• Monitoring systems and rapid data collection
• Prevention and health systems' preparedness
  • Prevention of illicit use of prescription opioids
• Law enforcement sector and preparedness
• Local early warning systems