WARNINGS of Dangerous Drug Batches

Potentially potent batch of heroin could be spreading beyond La Crosse County
Kyle Dimke
Feb 20 2016

VIROQUA, Wis. -
Over the past two weeks, police and medical staff in La Crosse have been warning the public about the potential of heroin being sold locally laced with the potent synthetic narcotic fentanyl.

Now the drug could be spreading beyond just La Crosse.

The toxicology report has not come back yet, but an overdose in Vernon County this past weekend has authorities on high alert.

Vernon County Sheriff John Spears said people would be very surprised to know just how much drug activity takes place in the county.

"It's a constant battle right now," he said.

When word spread about heroin being sold in La Crosse possibly laced with fentanyl, which can make it 50 to 100 times stronger, Spears said he expected the product to end up in his county.

"We border La Crosse so we get a lot of people who may be live in Vernon County but go to La Crosse for the drug activity. They go where it's more available and in a larger city like that it's just more prevalent," Spears said.

Tom Johnson of the West Central MEG Unit, which investigates drug activity in the five counties of La Crosse, Vernon, Trempealeau, Monroe and Jackson, says drug dealers will come to La Crosse because of its population, but they are moving into rural communities now more than ever. 2

"What happens there is that sometimes that's the result of increased enforcement in a particular urban area, such as La Crosse," Johnson said.

Spears said last year there were four overdose deaths in Vernon County. There have been none so far this year, but he says he expects to exceed four this year because heroin seems to be the drug of choice right now and shows no signs of slowing down.

He said all law enforcement agencies are working hard to stop it from spreading, but it's going to take more than just law enforcement.

"It's not just a law enforcement issue, it's a community issue with heroin," Spears said.

The sheriff said with the potentially laced heroin in the area, the process of a drug investigation is changing. He said in the past investigators would set up several drug buys with a dealer before arresting them. Now he said it will more than likely only be one buy before an arrest to limit the chance of someone dying from the "bad batch" of heroin.

Cont http://www.channel3000.com/news/pot...be-spreading-beyond-la-crosse-county/38100844
 
I was really hoping it would mean that no more drug busts happened and were over with for good. Too bad... Lol but honestly wouldn't that be nice: "breaking news-nobody busted with Anythjng, anywhere. On to jack with the weather..."
 
March 7 2016

RTrain said:
Indeed, I know of someone claim to be selling "fake oxy 30s" through one of those online DNM sites and the fucker claimed they were like 2x as strong as a normal 30. They were marketed by the seller as "a mix of fentanyl and Chinese oxy powder" and he also said they were a great business opportunity because they were available for about 20% of what a real oxy 30 goes for on the streets these days. Let me just say this, they were nothing but cut and fent and I would say they were more in the range of 4 or 5x as strong as 30 mg of oxycodone. Fortunately anyone who knows what real 30s like would not believe these to be real, but still, 1 could kill someone who didn't have a very high tolerance. I even read about someone who got 1 as a free sample with another product they ordered. It was a Reddit post and the guy said he gave it to his friend who did it all and OD'd but fortunately didn't die. Still, the fact that these things were being made to look like 30s is ridiculous and anyone selling them as 30s was putting people at great risk. I can tell you this, they were pressed with the a 215 imprint, but were the color of the ones with a V on them (the a215s are a light, powdery blue and the Vs are much bluer and very bright, so if you knew your 30s you could tell they were fakes in a second, also they were hard as rocks, so clearly not real for that reason, as well).

Still ridiculous that someone would think to make something like that, not everyone is so aware and its the person who isn't that aware who will likely have a low tolerance and be easily dead from possibly only half of one of those things. Fortunately that guy isn't still around, but obviously the practice is still going on.
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Monday, Mar 7th 2016

Bad drug batch' warning after deaths

Police are warning drug users of a possible contaminated batch of heroin after two deaths in the past few days.
Both the dead were believed to be heroin users and lived only miles apart, Surrey Police said.

Surrey Police said it was highly likely the heroin came from the same source and was part of a "bad or contaminated" batch.
Mother-of-two Samantha Johnson collapsed and died in Stanwell, Staines, west London on Sunday December 21.
The 28-year-old had a son, six, and a 10-year-old girl.

Yesterday, a man in his late 20s was found dead in nearby Wraysbury. He has not been formally identified.

Anybody who suffers unusual symptoms after taking heroin is advised to go to hospital for immediate medical attention.

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Marjoram said: "Our main concern is that if the supply of this batch of heroin goes unchecked it could result in further tragic deaths.

"I would ask anyone who has information to contact us as a matter of emergency."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-204654/Bad-drug-batch-warning-deaths.html#ixzz42Fk14JiJ
 
'Extremely dangerous' tainted drugs on Fargo streets believed connected to overdose deaths
By Rick Abbott march 13 2016

FARGO – Three overdose deaths in one week, possibly related to dangerous fentanyl-laced heroin, have prompted a coordinated area law enforcement response, with dire warnings to the public and a round of arrests of suspected suppliers.

In a news conference at noon on Sunday, the heads of multiple local law enforcement agencies made pleas for public vigilance as an uptick of illicit opiate overdoses is being seen around the region, Fargo Police Chief David Todd said.

"What happens in any one of our cities, really happens to us as a community as a whole and we have to tackle this issue together," Todd said.

Todd announced that arrests of four suspected heroin suppliers were made at a south Fargo hotel Sunday morning, suspects Todd believes are connected to at least one overdose death on Saturday morning.

He said there may be other people who received the same drugs in the area.

"It could be extremely dangerous," Todd said of the tainted narcotics. "I don't want to have any more deaths out there."

The suspected heroin could be laced with fentanyl, Todd said, which can be 40-50 times more potent than pure heroin and can be absorbed through the skin in some cases.

Because toxicology tests can take weeks, police couldn't say for certain what substances have been found to be mixed in with the heroin.

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opiate used to treat severe pain, according to the National Institutes of Health, and, when mixed with street drugs in powder form, can amplify their potency and cause breathing problems, unconsciousness, coma or death.

http://www.inforum.com/news/3985902...go-streets-believed-connected-overdose-deaths
 
Minneapolis PD warning over ‘bad batch’ of heroin
March 26, 2016
By Adam Uren

A “very bad batch” of heroin is on the streets in Minneapolis, police say, and it has already caused several overdoses.
Minneapolis PD release the following warning on Twitter Friday afternoon:

A very bad batch of Heroin hitting the streets. In the 4th Precinct alone; Officers and EMS have responded to 5 over-doses today.
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https://twitter.com/MinneapolisPD/status/713521883455557632?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Twitter user after the tweet went out, saying there’s never a “good batch” of heroin, before adding: “But this is an especially deadly batch. We can’t stop all users so we hope to provide warning.”

There are some real concerns among health and law enforcement officials about heroin use in Minnesota this month, with the drug thought to be responsible for seven overdose deaths in the state in recent weeks.

Dozens more people suffered from non-fatal overdoses.

The Department of Public Safety said it believed the drug responsible for the deaths was in circulation and may well have been laced with another narcotic.

Cities and counties where ODs have been reported are concentrated in the north-central area, including Hibbing, Virginia, Bemidji, Detroit Lakes, Cass Lake, Dillworth, Marble, Beltrami County and Mille Lacs County.

http://bringmethenews.com/2016/03/26/minneapolis-pd-warning-over-bad-batch-of-heroin/
 
One death, five other overdoses lead Kamloops Mounties to issue warning on street drugs
By: Tim Petruk in Health, Law & Order, News, Police March 24, 2016

One man died and two others were treated in hospital on Wednesday after overdosing while using drugs in the parkade at the end of this alley off Second Avenue in downtown Kamloops.
Dave Eagles/KTW

Kamloops Mounties are warning drug users about a bad batch of dope in the Tournament Capital that has resulted in a spike in overdoses — one of them fatal — this week.

“That’s what we’re saying,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Robert Daly told KTW.

“If you’ve purchased street drugs, don’t do them.”

On Wednesday afternoon, police were called to a parking garage at Second Avenue and Victoria Street where a 41-year-old man had died. Two other men were taken to hospital.

Later in the day on Wednesday, Daly said, Mounties were called to three additional overdoses.

“Police investigation at two of these scenes have confirmed the overdose occurred after an intravenous injection of heroin,” he said.

Daly said he couldn’t say whether intravenous heroin was involved in all of Wednesday’s overdoses and that investigators are looking into whether fentanyl is also involved.

“We’re considering all drugs, but fentanyl is in that batch,” he said.

http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/one...ps-mounties-to-issue-warning-on-street-drugs/
 
Watch out Spring Breakers! Fake Xanax pill which is 50 times stronger than heroin kills nine in Florida

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Fake Xanax known as Super Pill contains lethal dose of pain drug Fentanyl
Drug is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times more than morphine
Nine people in Florida died from overdoses in 2016 after taking killer pills
Police issued warning to Spring Breakers not to buy Xanax on the street
By HANNAH PARRY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:27 EST, 22 March 2016

A fake Xanaz pill - which is 50 times stronger than heroin - has killed nine people in just three months in Florida.
The counterfeit drug, sold on the streets as 'Super Pill' for as little as $5, contains a lethal mix of Xanax and powerful pain medication Fentanyl with has been responsible for the overdoses of nine people in Pinellas County this year.
And with thousands of college students descending on the state for Spring Break, police have issued an emergency warning not to buy Xanax on the street.


cont with vid http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...50-times-stronger-heroin-kills-9-Florida.html
 
Tainted Street Drugs Result in 28 Overdoses, 6 Fatal, in Sacramento County
MARCH 29, 2016

A tainted version of the prescription opiate Norco being sold on the streets of Sacramento County has led to dozens of overdoses and at least six deaths in less than a week, county health officials said Tuesday.

On Friday, Sacramento County public health officials announced that a dozen people had overdosed in just 48 hours from what appeared to be Norco pills laced with fentanyl, an opiate about 80 times stronger than morphine and 100 times stronger than heroin.

But those figures soared over the weekend, said Laura McCasland, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento County Division of Public Health. As of Tuesday, health workers have reported 28 overdoses, with six of them fatal, McCasland said. All of them have been reported since March 23.

“That’s why it’s an emergency and we want to get the word out,” she said.

http://ktla.com/2016/03/29/28-peopl...on-tainted-street-drugs-in-sacramento-county/
 
How is fentanyl 80x stronger than morphine and 100x more than heroin? Heroin is stronger than morphine...
 
This could KILL YOU: dramatic drugs warning over ‘bad batch’ after two deaths in four days

This could KILL YOU: dramatic drugs warning over ‘bad batch’ after two deaths in four days
By Boston Target | Posted: March 31, 2016

Police are warning drug users of the dangers of using illegal substances following the death of two men in the town.

Police have launched an investigating into whether the deaths of two men in Boston were caused by a bad batch of heroin.

The body of a 22-year-old man was found in woodland on Fenside Road on Saturday.

A 42-year-old man was found dead at a property on Union Street in Boston at 7pm on Tuesday.
Chief inspector Deborah Clark said: "As already reported yesterday [March 30] one line of enquiry is in relation to an adverse reaction to a particular batch of heroin. However, the investigation is at an early stage and other illegal drugs cannot be ruled out and we await toxicology results.

"I would like to advise users of illegal drugs to be mindful of this situation and to be aware of the dangers, risks involved, and would encourage them to seek the help of organisations such as Addaction, hospitals, GPs.

"Addaction are aware of the current situation and they are more than willing to assist.

"Lincolnshire Police take drug dealing very seriously and my officers in Boston, just like their colleagues across the force, are proactive in relation to this issue.

"Police officers are equipped with powers on the street and will utilise this legislation if required and they have the lawful grounds to do so."

Police say officers will also execute drug warrants if the intelligence supports the suggestion that any illegal drug activity is taking place.

CI Clark added: "Police and PCSOs are regularly on foot patrols out in the town centre engaging with people and if any suspicious activity or drug dealing is seen then it is dealt with robustly.

"The police act on information in respect of drug dealing, abuse and I would urge any member of the community to report any concerns in respect of this matter."

Anyone with any information is asked to call the 101 non emergency number. Alternatively they can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 080055511

Read more: http://www.bostontarget.co.uk/KILL-...tory-29027486-detail/story.html#ixzz44n86wF8r
 
Fatal OD causes health risk. Pills laced with fent. Elmira, NY.

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Officials: Fatal Overdose Causes Chemung County Health Risk
Updated Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Print Email
Officials: Fatal Overdose Causes Chemung County Health Risk
Chemung County, N.Y. (WENY) -- The investigation of a fatal drug overdose in West Elmira has concerned the West Elmira Police Department and Chemung County District Attorney Weeden Wetmore of a widespread health risk in Chemung County.

On Tuesday night, a resident on Cleveland Avenue in West Elmira passed away unexpectedly of a suspected drug overdose. During the police investigation, a large amount of pills was found. A pill crusher with residue and several rolled bills were also found, police say the findings indicate drug ingestion through snorting.

After testing the pills, officials say they were laced with fentanyl - a powerful synthetic opiate analgesic used to treat or manage severe pain. Side effects of fentanyl include euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression and arrest. Police previously fielded multiple complaints regarding drug activity at the location, and they say information was developed indicating that pills and marijuana had been supplied there, in some instances, to high school aged juveniles.

Officials say the investigation into where the pills came from is continuing. They are also concerned regarding the extreme health hazard posed by the distribution of these pills and any other substances. Officials say information suggests that location was likely not the only distribution point for these pills, and they are not necessarily limited to the West Elmira area.

Authorities urge that any medications not issued directly to the user in a marked prescription dispenser be avoided at all costs. In its prescription form, fentanyl is known as Actiq, Duragesic, and Sublimaze. Street names for the drug include Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend, goodfella, jackpot, murder 8, TNT, as well as Tango and Cash.

Blue pills are 30 mg Oxycodone HCL.

Green Pills are 15 mg Oxycodone.







- See more at: http://www.weny.com/news/All/offici...emung-county-health-risk#sthash.NaAVeMei.dpuf
 
Law Enforcement Warn Floridians About New “Super” Drugs
By Tom Urban
April 8, 2016


The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Attorney General Pam Bondi are warning Floridians about a new “super pill” in the state that contains deadly amounts of fentanyl now being mixed with other drugs.

According to FDLE, counterfeit drugs have been found in which fentanyl is mixed with otherwise legal prescription drugs like Oxycodone and Xanax.

When sold illegally on the street, the drugs still look like the legal prescriptions, but the dangerous amount of fentanyl added can lead to death quickly for those who take it.

So far, Central Florida and the Tampa Bay area are the main locations where the new drugs have been found.

However, Attorney General Bondi says parents across the state need to have a dialogue with their children.

“Please, please, please just talk to your kids about it. Just don’t take anything if you don’t know what it is, because when they are cutting it with fentanyl some of these kids are dying within seconds. I say kids, but some of them are 20s and older,” she said.

When prescribed legally, fentanyl is a pain medication, much stronger than morphine, which is given to people dealing with severe, chronic pain.

So far, at least ten deaths in Florida have been linked to the use of fentanyl-cut drugs.

http://www.wuft.org/news/2016/04/08/law-enforcement-warn-floridians-about-new-super-drugs/
 
Warning for Chilliwack about a bad batch of drugs
Jennifer Feinberg - Chilliwack Progress
posted Apr 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM
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There may be a bad batch of drugs in Chilliwack creating violent and psychotic reactions, according reports from a front-line worker.

It's thought to be a new drug, similar to 'bath salts,' and many times more powerful than Fentanyl.

The upshot has been at least two deaths, and three overdoses, said Penny Robinson, with the Harm Reduction team from the Chilliwack Addiction Prevention program.

Robinson runs the needle exchange program from the Empress parking lot, providing clean needles to about 15 to 25 people a day.

Several people from the streets of Chilliwack have been talking about the powerful new street drug.

"My information has been coming second hand, but there have been multiple reports."

Local police say they have not recorded incidents or a spike in drug related overdoses, and they are not aware of super-potent street drugs like W-18 having arrived in Chilliwack.

"However RCMP is concerned about any substance or product that puts the public at risk in Chilliwack, and will remain vigilant," said RCMP Cpl. Mike Rail.

Robinson has been warning people, in person and online, as a public safety message, not to approach anyone when in a violent state. Addicts don't seem to know what they're dealing with.

"It's important for people to know their source."

Without autopsy results it's impossible to confirm the extent that this new drug is to blame in recent incidents.

"We think it hit the street here on Tuesday, and there are reports of extreme psychosis. They aren't scared of anything and think they're invincible."

By Wednesday several overdoses were being reported to her, Robinson said.

It could be the same or a similar drug to the one that surfaced in Calgary last month. It's a fake Oxycontin type drug, with no clinical uses, known as W-18, a synthetic opioid.

It may have made its way to Chilliwack drug users.

Tests by Health Canada in the Alberta cases showed it's up to 100 times more potent than Fentanyl.

A major drug trafficking network was dismantled by RCMP and law enforcement agencies in the last year, so that's created a battle for supremacy on the street, among drug dealers, Robinson said.

"So the want is still there. It's so sad."

This powerful new drug could be deadly to inexperienced users, and it's not known yet if the standard emergency antidote, Narcan, is effective against it. Some have suggested it may take more doses.

Narcan training is being conducted by Fraser Health in some communities to prevent overdose deaths. The brand name drug Narcan or Naloxone is an anti-overdose treatment, which blocks the effects of opioid, such as when the heart slows down or stops completely, during an overdose episode.

Fraser Health officials said they have no new information to report on the subject of this street drug

http://www.theprogress.com/news/375076921.html
 
VIDEO: Warning sounds as drug death investigation progresses
Scott Sawyer
Scott Sawyer | 18th Apr 2016

ATEST: INITIAL investigations into the drug-related death of a 32-year-old woman on the Coast over the weekend have shown her death does not appear to be suspicious at this stage.

A Police Media spokesman on Monday afternoon said preliminary investigations had thus far shown no apparent links to the woman's death and the hospitalisation of two men who were suspected to have taken MDMA at a party in Coolum Beach.

A 19-year-old and 20-year-old were both hospitalised after the party on Friday night and were believed to still be in the intensive care unit earlier Monday.

It was earlier reported three people had been placed in intensive care, however the Daily understands it was only two men placed in intensive care, with one discharged Monday while the other remained in the ICU.

The woman's death and the hospitalisation of the two men sparked warnings from both the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service and local police, who asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anyone experiencing issues arising from this story can contact Lifeline on 131 114 or Beyond Blue 1300 224 636. In an emergency situation dial 000.

UPDATE 4.15pm: SUNSHINE Coast detectives have called on recreational drug users to reflect and be aware that drugs sources on the streets carry significant risks.
They confirmed they were still exploring all avenues after the weekend's incidents which left one person dead and three in intensive care after a suspected bad batch of MDMA.

"These drugs in general are a concern," one Sunshine Coast CIB detective said this afternoon.

"It's a bit of a time (for casual or recreational drug users) to reflect and be aware (of the dangers)."

If anyone has any information about the incidents, which saw people hospitalised in Nambour, Caloundra and Redcliffe after incidents on Friday and Sunday, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


UPDATE: DETECTIVES are looking into the weekend's drug-related incidents which left one dead and three remaining in the intensive care unit.

They've asked anyone with any information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.



EARLIER:

RECREATIONAL drug users on the Coast have been warned of a bad batch of what's believed to be MDMA which left one person dead, three hospitalised and two requiring treatment over the weekend.

The Daily understands two separate incidents on Friday and Sunday saw six people taken to hospital requiring treatment.

The patients were taken to Nambour, Caloundra and Redcliffe hospitals.

Sadly, one of the six died on the Coast as a result, while three others remain in the intensive care unit.

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service clinical director of the Alcohol and Other Drug Team Dr Don Spencer gave a general warning about the use of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, in light of the weekend's incidents.

He also outlined some of the common effects taking such drugs had:

-Moderate use: become more active, heightened sensations

-Heavier use: pulse rate quickens further, blood pressure rises, sweating increases and you can become dehydrated and at risk of heat stroke, heightened blood pressure can affect organs

-Risks: drinking too much water to stay hydrated can reduce body's sodium levels to critical levels and cause drug user to enter into a coma

"It's very hard to imagine the tablets around are all manufactured well," Dr Spencer said.

"You don't tend to see this very frequently and it indicates there probably is a bad batch around.

"It is a gamble... you may not know how your body is going to react to it."

source with video http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/warning-sounded-after-coast-drug-death/2999340/
 
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