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Sheriff warns community after two overdoses Friday in southern Albany County

Feb 20, 2023 12:44 am

Andrea Macko reports in Porcupine Soup that Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said there were two overdoses on Feb. 17 in southern Albany County. Police are warning of a potentially deadly batch of drugs locally, with the overdoses in Medusa and Westerlo where both people were revived with CPR and Narcan. “Both patients claim they ingested pills that they were told were Hydrocodone and were purchased on the street,” Apple said. “Many street drugs, including counterfeit prescription pills such as hydrocodone, are being laced with the deadly opiate Fentanyl which can cause life threatening side effects.” Two overdoses on the same day don't prove there is a local bad batch, but there could be. Apple said, "Due to the close proximity of these overdoses, we are warning the public that there could be a deadly batch that may be being distributed throughout these small communities.” Read more about this story in Porcupine Soup.