By RICK GREEN, LACONIA DAILY SUNLACONIA — There have been a total of 111 drug overdoses in the city this year, including four fatalities, police Chief Matt Canfield told the Police Commission on Thursday. Statewide, there have been 226 overdose deaths this year, with the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl accounting for most of those fatalities, according to the state Attorney General’s office. In Laconia, all overdoses are treated as crime scenes in hopes of finding the person responsible for providing the drugs. Narcan is a drug that can be administered to reverse the effects of an overdose, although lasting medical complications can occur if it isn’t administered in time. “We are seeing a lot more people being saved with the use of Narcan, but the openness of drug use is prolific right now,” Canfield said.

Source: Daily Sun September 22, 2017 07:41 UTC