Public Health Madison and Dane County released a public health alert on Wednesday, following five confirmed overdose cases in the previous 24 hours.
Overdose alerts are based on data from hospitals and EMS providers and overdoses are at a higher rate than what is normally seen in the community, according to Public Health Madison and Dane County.
It is currently unknown what is driving the spike, but one possibility is that the street drug make-up in the community has changed, according to Public Health…