Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP have issued a warning after purple heroin was found in Collingwood.
According to police, the purple heroin was discovered in other communities in southern Ontario in the past and was found to contain heroin, morphine, fentanyl and carfentanil.
Police are warning the public that carfentanil is being mixed into illicit street drugs and in most cases, the user is not aware.
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“Ingesting as little as a grain of salt or two milligrams of powdered carfentanil, which is a synthetic opioid, is 10,000 times more powerful than morphine and can be fatal,” the release reads.
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Officers say members of the public who choose to purchase illegal street drugs and participate in a “high-risk lifestyle” should recognize that doing so carries the risk of a deadly opioid being mixed in with the primary drug.
“Simply stated, the next time you choose to use, could be your last,” the release says.
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