The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner issued a public health alert after five suspected overdose deaths in one day.
“It’s tragic and it continues to be but it’s something it’s part of what’s been going on over the last eight years since fentanyl became more mainstream,” Cleveland Public Health Director Dr. David Margolius said.News 5 Investigators were all set up to interview the program director for Project White Butterfly, but she backed out at the last minute.
Fentanyl is the major driver of drug overdoses in Cuyahoga County, according to the medical examiner. Project White Butterfly told News 5, it was contacted last week by someone requesting test strips and naloxone because they were going to a party where cocaine would be.
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