An alert was recently sent out in the areas of Swan River and Brandon, as illicit substances have reportedly been cut with potentially lethal levels of fentanyl.
a recent test at a Brandon Mobile Overdose Prevention test site found a sample of what was sold as Meth was supposedly 21% fentanyl.
According to the RCMP, a 2 milligram dose of Fentanyl can be lethal in as little as 2 minutes if NARCAN or other medical intervention is not applied.
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