The City of Somerville saw a recent spike in overdoses, prompting the Somerville Police Department to publish an overdose warning on Jan.19. Five overdoses occurred on the weekend prior to the warning, three of which were fatal.
The SPD warned that the spike in overdoses could be indicative of a “bad batch” of illicit drugs being distributed locally. The substances involved in the overdoses have not been confirmed, though fentanyl is suspected as a contributing factor.
“Although we have not yet confirmed which substances were used by the victims, historically fentanyl, its variants, or other drugs containing fentanyl or its variants are responsible for the majority of overdoses,” SPD Administrative Captain Jeffrey DiGregorio wrote in a statement to the Daily…