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Boulder Police Department is warning the community after five suspected fentanyl overdoses occurred within 36 hours in Boulder. Officers administered Narcan to multiple victims. Police believe there could be a new type and/or tainted strain of fentanyl on the street. If you use substances, please do not use alone, carry Narcan, and use fentanyl test strips. Free Narcan and fentanyl test strips are available through Collegiate Recovery at the University Memorial Center.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
CU Boulder pushed the warning to both social media and campus-wide digital message-board screens after five overdoses in 36 hours; the reconstructed wording reflects what multiple outlets reported the police and university advisory said.
Three of the five overdoses occurred on Tuesday April 11, with two just 20 minutes apart; two more occurred on Wednesday April 12, and Narcan was administered in at least two cases where victims were found unconscious and not breathing.
Boulder Police specifically used language about a possible 'new type and/or tainted strain of fentanyl,' consistent with street-level intelligence about supply variation that often precedes overdose clusters.