Created: June 30, 2021 07:08 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) After a series of deadly drug overdose incidents, local experts warned such cases may become more common, and that they lack the tools to address them all.
“We’ve had overdoses outside treatment programs,” said Dr. Tim Wiegand, a toxicologist with Strong Memorial Hospital. “We’ve had overdoses in the community bathrooms. We ve had overdoses at the street level.
The Monroe County Sheriff s Office reports it saw seven overdose deaths in just two days. Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a record 92,000 deadly overdoses last year.
News10NBC When we see big clusters of overdoses like, six, seven people dead in a weekend, usually, it s because a particularly strong batch of the fentanyl, the heroin which has fentanyl in it, had come out, Wiegand said.