Counterfeit pills may be leading to increased overdoses
LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department wants to make the community aware of a recent increase in local drug overdoses and the discovery of illegally manufactured counterfeit pills. LHCPD officers have responded to at least a half dozen calls over the past few weeks involving unresponsive subjects, one in their late teens, where it was determined that the subjects ingested a pill that was not prescribed to them. In a few of these cases, LHCPD officers have had to administer Narcan (brand name for Naloxone) nasal spray to the overdose victims. LHCPD officers began carrying Naloxone…
