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Kelowna RCMP issue warning after five overdose deaths within 9 hours

The RCMP are warning the public that more overdoses are possible and ask those who are engaged in substance use to practice safe usage.

Kelowna RCMP urge users to use a supervised consumption site, not to use alone, test the product before ingesting, carry Naloxone and spread awareness to keep people safe.
Kelowna RCMP urge users to use a supervised consumption site, not to use alone, test the product before ingesting, carry Naloxone and spread awareness to keep people safe. Photo by CHAD HIPOLITO /THE CANADIAN PRESS

Kelowna RCMP have issued a warning after a series of drug overdose deaths on Saturday.

RCMP said three emergency calls for drug overdoses resulted in the loss of five lives in the last nine hours.

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Starting at 8:13 a.m., the BC Ambulance service advised police they were at the scene of an overdose at 800 block of Saucier Avenue. Officers attended to find a 32-year-old Kelowna man deceased in his bed.

Since the first death, officers in Kelowna and West Kelowna attended two more scenes, resulting in five deaths in total.

The RCMP are warning the public that more overdoses are possible and ask those who are engaged in substance use to practice safe usage.

“Overdose deaths are preventable, and we have the tools we need to stop people from dying from drugs,” said Const. Mike Della-Paolera Kelowna RCMP media relations officer.

Police urge users to use a supervised consumption site, not use alone, test the product before ingesting, carry Naloxone and spread awareness to keep people safe.

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