Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Gollan said Friday that six people in town for Spring Break were exposed to fentanyl and went into cardiac arrest. Two remain in critical condition as of late Friday.
Members of the 2019 senior class march past a statue of George Washington during Parade Day at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
All six of the men were administered Narcan, an emergency medicine that restores breathing halted by overdoses of fentanyl, Gollan said. Gollan told local media Friday that two of the men were in critical condition and were intubated in intensive care units. He added that another was in stable condition and that three patients had been released from the hospital. Smith said she did not have updates on the conditions of those involved as of early Saturday.
The news comes not long after the U.S. drug epidemic hit another terrible milestone. The government announced in November thathad died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021, marking the first time that drug-related deaths have reached six figures in any 12-month period.
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