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Three weekend opioid overdoses prompts Wellington OPP to issue public safety alert

FILE - This June 17, 2019, file photo shows 5-mg pills of Oxycodone. The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, revised its controversial guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File). CA

Wellington County OPP are issuing a public safety alert after officers attended to a number of calls related to opioid overdoses.

There were three calls over the weekend in Wellington North and Centre Wellington.

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The police force says naloxone was administered in each case and none of the overdoses resulted in a fatality.

They say they are concerned about the number of opioid-related overdoses that have been occurring during that time.

Those who are ill after taking narcotics are being advised to call 9-1-1 and seek help immediately.

 

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