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The city of New Haven called to alert that there is an emergency heroin issue on the street but did not specify what kind of issue. Are there needles on the ground? Location? Are people shooting themselves in public? What should we be looking out for?
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Miriam (Registered User)
Noxinwj (Registered User)
Here is more detail:
"Officials in New Haven have issued an Emergency Public Health warning after a rash of heroin overdoses in the city Thursday. New Haven police say emergency responders have seen at least 15 overdoses since Thursday afternoon, and possibly up to 22. At least two people have died. The city is warning residents that there is a batch of tainted, life-threatening heroin on the streets.Fire and EMS crews are being given an extra supply of Narcan (Naloxone) to combat the emergency. Rick Fontana of the New Haven Emergency Operations Center says the city is running critically low on the life-saving drug."
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/heroin_overdose/
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