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Health department, co-op report spike in street overdoses and new non-opioid adulterants; outreach and late-night engagement launched
Summary
Public-health staff and the substance-use co-op reported increased visible drug use downtown, including drugs that do not respond to naloxone; the co-op and neighborhood-response unit planned intensified outreach, offers of detox and coordination with shelters and the CDC for guidance.
Public-health officials and the substance-use co-op reported a rise in visible street drug use downtown and described outreach steps to connect people to detox and services after new adulterants were linked to severe withdrawal and seizures. Co-op staff told the board the co-op placed roughly 26–30 people into detox in July and that outreach teams had collected more…
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