Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. – According to US government data, about 32,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018. That accounts for 46 percent of all fatal overdoses. Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, has been central to the American opioid crisis which began in the late 1990s. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Marion

Overdose spike alert issued in Marion County

by: Alexandra Weaver

Posted: May 30, 2023 / 12:18 PM EDT

Updated: May 30, 2023 / 12:18 PM EDT

Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. – According to US government data, about 32,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018. That accounts for 46 percent of all fatal overdoses. Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, has been central to the American opioid crisis which began in the late 1990s. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

by: Alexandra Weaver

Posted: May 30, 2023 / 12:18 PM EDT

Updated: May 30, 2023 / 12:18 PM EDT

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — A bad batch/spike alert is in effect, Marion County QRT & Harm Reduction announced on Tuesday.

According to Marion County QRT, three people have overdosed in the county in the past 24 hours; one death was reported.

Marion County QRT is encouraging those who are in need of opioid overdose reversal drugs like Narcan, test strips or other kinds of support to reach out to its connection line, 304-278-4025, Help4WV at 844-435-7498 or Never Use Alone at 1-800-484-3731.

This is the second overdose spike alert that the Marion County QRT has issued this month, with just two weeks between the two.

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