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Opioid Overdose Alert In Owen Sound
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The Grey Bruce Health Unit has issued an alert after a surge in opioid overdoses in Owen Sound in recent days.
There had been at least four non-fatal overdoses in the city in the preceding five days, the health unit said in a news release on Saturday.
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Ian Reich, the health unit’s manager of sexual health and harm reduction said via e-mail on Monday that preliminary numbers showed seven overdoses in five days, but he was working to get more details.
/ Napanee Today
Dec 11, 2020 12:55 PM
KFL&A Public Health is warning residents that an extremely toxic batch of drugs continues to circulate in Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington. Local harm reduction programs report
unusually high rates of overdoses in the last ten days. Partners indicate that very small amounts of a drug, regardless of how the drug is consumed, are enough to cause overdose. People are experiencing extremely heavy sedation that can last for hours. In some cases, people are experiencing severe memory loss. Partners have observed pinkish or yellowish coloured drugs and suspect drugs are contaminated with fentanyl.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the drug supply has become more contaminated and unpredictable, increasing the risk of overdose. KFL&A Public Health is urging all people who use drugs to not mix drugs, do test amounts, to never use alone, and to have a naloxone kit. In some cases, multiple doses of naloxone may be needed to reverse an overd