Interior Health has issued an overdose alert in Nelson.
The city’s police department later confirmed that two people had died and one was in hospital after taking street drugs.
In their statement, Interior Health did not say which specific drugs were used by the people who overdosed.
“Toxic drugs are circulating,” they said.
Interior Health recommends that drug users:
Test their drugs with a FTIR machine
Take drugs at a supervision site
Avoid taking different drugs at the same time
Avoid taking drugs alone
Take drugs in a room with an unlocked door
Take a small amount of drugs as a test
Carry a Naloxone kit
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