Numbers Of Overdose Incidents Close Together Not Uncommon

Emergency responders in The Dalles this past weekend were called to three separate overdose incidents within about two hours of each other, and the City’s police chief says it wasn’t that uncommon.  Tom Worthy says there has been a pattern of overdoses occurring when new supplies of fentanyl come in to the area.  Worthy added in this case, bystanders had Narcan and administered it before officers, who also carry it, arrived.  Worthy says since Measure 110 was passed by Oregon voters and eliminated officers’ ability to arrest users, police have lost the ability to gain information that helped them work their way to apprehend those who bring in and sell the narcotics in the community.

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