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2024-05-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Texas state capital seeing ‘unusually deadly' string of suspected overdoses: 'New batch' of drugs

[FoxNews] Austin Chief Deputy Medical Director Heidi Abraham said there were more than 30 calls for overdoses on Monday, compared to the typical two to three calls per day. (Credit: Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services)

Austin, Texas, saw an "unusually deadly" surge of more than 50 opioid overdoses between Monday and Tuesday, resulting in eight people dying and several others being rescued with Narcan, according to officials.

At about 9 a.m. on Monday, Austin-Travis County EMS personnel began responding to a sudden surge in opioid-related overdose calls.

Dispatchers received a series of calls in the downtown area, resulting in a rapid response team that included the Austin-Travis County EMS team and others, being deployed to downtown Austin.

When the team arrived, they distributed over 200 Narcan rescue kits throughout the area to counteract the effects of opioid overdoses, while also providing lifesaving intervention to anyone overdosing on opioids.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11173 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 An order of magnitude more.
Could it be from the surge of tourists in town for the weekend protests?
Not a bad thing then.

Note no mention of police response.
"resulting in a rapid response team..."
Maybe that's why.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-01 05:22|| 2024-05-01 05:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Austin's police are useless. Liberal city AG, too. Fortunately State Police on orders from the Governor pick up the slack. Biden is obviously flying in illegals and drugs into the Texas Capital

Posted by Angealing+B.+Hayes4677 2024-05-01 07:38|| 2024-05-01 07:38|| Front Page Top

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