U.S. Attorney David Hickton has scheduled a Wednesday news conference after nearly two dozen non-fatal heroin overdoses have been reported in the region in the past couple of days.
The recent overdoses are being attributed to a potent, tainted batch of heroin labeled ‘Piece of Mind’ and ‘BULLETPROOF.’
Hickton says the majority of the overdoses victims have been saved with Narcan, an opioid reversal drug, administered by local emergency medical services personnel and police. Narcan is now available to the public without a prescription at numerous drug stores.
Police say at least a dozen overdoses have been reported in Washington County since the weekend. At least 15 similar drug overdoses were reported in Cambria County.
No reports of any overdoses from this tainted batch of heroin, so far, in Butler County.
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