Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Drug cocktail suspected in three more Detroit-area deaths; toll at least 44 / Canadian Press, 28 May 2006

http://digbig.com/4hwrw
"Three more people in Wayne County have died from what authorities suspect is a combination of heroin or cocaine and fentanyl, a prescription painkiller. The deaths bring the county's total of overdose deaths believed to have been caused by the mixture to 44 since May 18.
The county medical examiner's office was investigating the latest deaths. Toxicology tests were ordered, but results take about a month to arrive, the Detroit News reported. Other cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago, also have reported deaths from the drug combination. The Detroit area is the apparent hub of the problem, with more than 100 confirmed cases since last fall."