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He said a few people fell ill Thursday morning, but it wasn't immediately clear if they used the same bad batch of synthetic marijuana. "Yesterday was extremely, extremely busy, something we haven't seen in quite some time, a lot of people dropping all at the same time," Fontana said. Hawk said the people who tested positive may have taken other drugs laced with fentanyl in addition to the synthetic marijuana, which is plant material sprayed with drugs and chemicals.

Kathryn Hawk, an emergency medicine physician and professor at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where many of the victims were treated. Some victims tested positive for the powerful opioid fentanyl, but it appeared most if not all the overdoses were caused only by a potent batch of "K2" synthetic marijuana, said Dr. Toxicology testing remained incomplete Thursday.

Why synthetic marijuana like K2 or Spice can cause "really bizarre" symptoms.

Deadliest drugs 21 photosĬity officials said police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel will staff a command post on the Green for the time being, and social workers and private health outreach workers will be on hand. Fasano said the Green has become “a place of despair” and “no longer an attraction for families or economic development.An official in the city said Wednesday there were a total of 25 overdoses over a three-hour span and that some overdoses were "in multiples of 4-6 at a time." All of those overdoses were in the area of the New Haven Green, said Rick Fontana, the city's director of emergency operations. The state Senate Republican leader, Len Fasano, of North Haven, criticized New Haven officials on Thursday for not addressing drug use on the Green - a claim the mayor disputed. No deaths were reported in either outbreak. The city also saw more than a dozen synthetic marijuana overdoses in late January.

New Haven first responders were called to a similar overdose outbreak on the Green on July 4, when more than a dozen people became sick from synthetic marijuana. “Today’s emergency is deeply troubling and illustrative of the very real and serious threat that illicit street drugs pose to health of individuals,” the Democratic governor said. He said state health officials delivered 50 doses of naxolone to the city to help replenish its supply. Malloy said the state departments of Public Health and Mental Health and Addiction Services were helping New Haven officials. Doctors said some victims improved after being given the opioid overdose antidote drug naxolone, while others did not. Officials were still trying to determine what exactly made people sick. “We’re eager to raise awareness at the highest levels of the federal government for a better sense of what happened and the challenges that urban centers face in terms of combatting a persistent, vexing presence of people with substance abuse disorder.” “This is happening nationwide,” Harp said. Mayor Toni Harp said plans were being finalized for Jim Carroll, President Trump’s nominee for drug czar, to visit New Haven on Monday.

He said that in addition to state charges, the suspects could also face federal charges. It’s surrounded by parts of Yale University, shops, churches and government buildings, and serves as a hub for area bus service.Ĭampbell also said officers were executing search warrants Thursday in an effort to get all the bad drugs off the streets. The 16-acre Green, which the National Park Service says dates back to 1638 and is one of the oldest in New England, is a focal point of downtown New Haven.