Peterborough Overdose

• 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
  
• 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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• Federal government to fund safer drug supply pilot project in Peterborough

  The initiative will pilot the use of a nurse practitioner to deliver safer drug supply to 10 patients in Peterborough. 

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  May 17, 2021
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• 3 near-fatal drug poisonings in an hour prompts warning from Peterborough Public Health

  There have been 23 suspected drug-related deaths in Peterborough Public Health's jurisdiction so far in 2020.

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  Jun 24, 2020