drug overdoses

Nearly 150 drug overdoses since January 1st in Regina: RPS

Mar 30, 2020 | 3:09pm

The Regina Police Service (RPS) is continuing to investigate a high number of drug overdoses in the city after being made aware of 143 since the start of the year. RPS say of those incidents, officers have responded to 85 and administered Narcan 24 times. Seven people have died by drug overdose and five other […]

Regina Police aware of 92 drug overdoses in 2020

Mar 9, 2020 | 5:25pm

The Regina Police Service shared on Monday afternoon that they are aware of four deaths from drug overdoses and 92 overdoses in total in the city since the start of the year. Three other fatalities are still under investigation. Police have responded to 54 overdoses and have used Naloxone for 18 of them. The most recent death […]

Regina Police and EMS attend several drug overdoses over the weekend

Feb 10, 2020 | 5:34pm

Regina Police are investigating a large number of drug overdoses that took place over the weekend. Between 1:30 Friday afternoon and 5:30 Sunday evening, police responded to 14 drug overdose incidents, with three of those requiring RPS to administer Naloxone. No fatalities were reported as a result. Police believe fentanyl may be the source of […]

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