Police in Delta, B.C. believe fentanyl involved in 9 overdoses within 20 minutes
DELTA, B.C. — It’s a miracle that no one died after nine people overdosed within a 20-minute period on what are believed to be drugs laced with fentanyl, a police chief in British Columbia says.
Emergency crews responded to a series of nearly simultaneous calls Thursday morning from four locations across the Lower Mainland city about recreational drug users who thought they were taking cocaine.
Delta Police Chief Neil Dubord said first responders used the overdose-reversing drug naloxone and that one person had to be revived after going into cardiac arrest.
This has gone beyond just knowing your source, Dubord said in an online video message directed to people who use drugs in their leisure time.