The Silent Battlefield: Synthetic Opioids Hidden in THC Vapes Behavioral Health News Did you know? Smoking and vaping increase the risk of opioid overdose. They damage the lungs and can reinforce addictionmaking it harder to breathe if an overdose occurs, especially for Vape pens laced with synthetic opioids is the latest overdose threat Fentanyl vapor self administration model in mice to study opioid addiction Detection of vaping, cannabis use, and hazardous prescription opioid use among adolescents The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health More than 1200 vape vials laced with nitazene, a synthetic opioid 200 times more potent than morphine, were sold across Sydney, sparking Australia's first arrest over vapes spiked with the drug. Police