Vancouver Fentanyl Suspected In Spike Of Overdose Deaths: Police

[twizz]

Vancouver police are warning drug users to be cautious after 11 overdose deaths in 16 days.

Police say the spike is concerning because three people typically die each week from drug overdoses.

The high number of recent deaths occurred in the Downtown Eastside and east Vancouver neighbourhoods, and police believe fentanyl use may be the cause.

Police say the victims ranged in age from 20 to 56 and that not all of them were known or experienced drug users.

Early signs of fentanyl overdose include severe sleepiness, slow heartbeat, trouble breathing, cold, clammy skin, and trouble walking or talking.

The Take Home Naloxone program in B.C. provides training and kits at various clinics and emergency departments so people can take the drug also known as narcan to reverse symptoms of an overdose.

http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/9172228

 

[Scarey]

Every scumbag who sells this stuff should be charged with murder if one of their customers OD's.There has been more then enough media awareness that this stuff is basically poison

 

[twizz]

Every scumbag who sells this stuff should be charged with murder if one of their customers OD's.There has been more then enough media awareness that this stuff is basically poison

Sounds more like a possible manslaughter charge, but one is unlikely to be prosecuted for this.

 

[corrie fan]

A sad case from small town Ontario. The victim is a beautiful young woman with 3 children
www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2016/01/26/norwich-man-charged-with-criminal-negligence-and-trafficking-after-woman-found-dead-in-norwich-restaurant

 

[lomotil]

Every scumbag who sells this stuff should be charged with murder if one of their customers OD's.There has been more then enough media awareness that this stuff is basically poison

There is a name worse than scum for those who profit from the sales of additive and destructive substances to their fellow brother. Some dealers are legal like the monopolistic LCBO or the Government of Canada and others are illegal and deal in stolen controlled narcotics like the potent opiod, fentanyl.