Drug Poisoning Alert

• Spike in overdoses prompts drug poisoning alert for Northumberland County

  The Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit is connecting recent opioid drug poisonings with a light yellow or green substance being sold as fentanyl or 'down.'

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  May 9
  
• Health unit issues drug poisoning alert for Peterborough area

  Peterborough Public Health reported there were five drug poisonings on April 3 that led to paramedics callsand visits to an emergency department.

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  Apr 4
  
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• Drug poisoning alert issued for Peterborough area

  Peterborough Public Health says the substance that led to multiple drug overdoes on March 3 is not yet known.

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  Mar 4
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• Peterborough drug alert extended after 5 more overdoses: health unit

  Peterborough Public Health reports another five drug overdoses on Feb. 13, following 14 on the weekend.

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  Feb 14
• Drug alert issued for Peterborough area after 14 overdoses over weekend

  Peterborough Public Health says the suspected drug is orange and green with sedative effects. Naloxone is unable to reverse the effects of sedatives.

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  Feb 13
• Drug poisoning alert issued for Peterborough area after spike in ED visits

  The health unit says the substance which led to a spike in emergency department visits on Jan. 15 has yet to be determined. 

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  Jan 16
• Xylazine-laced fentanyl cited for drug overdose spike in Peterborough area

  Peterborough Public Health says the spike involves fentanyl mixed with xylazine and benzodiazepines. So far in 2023, there have been 62 suspected drug poisonings in the area.

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  Dec 11, 2023
• Pink fentanyl suspected in drug overdose spike in City of Kawartha Lakes

  The health unit advises the latest spike in overdoses is due to fentanyl that is pink in colour, sometimes known among drug users as 'cotton candy.'

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  Aug 25, 2023
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• Peterborough Public Health issues 2nd drug poisoning alert of January

  The health unit says the latest drugs poisonings are connected to blue or white opioid products that are being mistaken for crack cocaine.

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  Jan 26, 2023
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• Health unit issues drug poisoning alert for Peterborough area

  In December 2022, there were 35 visits to PRHC’s emergency department for opioid overdoses, down from 34 visits reported in November.

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  Jan 9, 2023