DERBY–Police are warning the public of a series of overdoses in the Derby-Shelton area.
There were two fatal overdoses in Derby and two heroin-related emergency calls in Shelton within a 24-hour period this week.
The Derby and Shelton police departments are working together to find the source of the heroin to prevent further overdoses.
If you have any information please call Derby at 203-735-7811 or Shelton at 203-924-1544.
The number of heroin overdoses has become an epidemic in Connecticut in recent years, and especially in the past few weeks.
Nearly 30 overdoses occurred in less than two weeks in New London, and leaders and health experts around the state gathered in New London this week to address ways to deal with the issue.
Overdoses by use of Fentanyl in Connecticut are up 148 percent from 2014 to 2015. Heroin overdoses have increased by nearly 30 percent over that same span. Figures from the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office show 723 people in the state died in 2015 from heroin, cocaine or other drug overdoses.
State and federal leaders are working together to combat the public health crisis.
