A surge in overdoses has Hamilton County Heroin Coalition on alert.
Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus, chair of the coalition, this morning announced a news conference to discuss a spike in overdose deaths that occurred over the weekend and overdoses during the month of February. The coroner's office, public health officials, and law enforcement will attend the press conference, which is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. at the Hamilton County Public Health offices.
Officials on Sunday night said there were multiple overdoses over the weekend.
"We've been monitoring this afternoon and tonight," said Newtown Police Chief Tom Synan, director of the law enforcement task force for the coalition.
Emergency medical services and police records of overdose runs have jumped, Synan said, adding, "We have also seen more than normal deaths for the month."
The total numbers were not definite as of Sunday night, Synan said because there were some inconsistencies in the count.
Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco confirmed, "We have had multiple" overdose deaths. She could not immediately be more specific.
Synan said it is premature to say just what has caused the irregularities or to call the situation an emergency.
He said there were four "possible overdose deaths" on Sunday in the Cincinnati Police District 3, "and a possible two more potential overdose deaths (elsewhere) in the city."
The police district 3 is on the West Side of Cincinnati, which experienced the bulk of a torrent of overdoses over the summer and through early fall in Hamilton County and Northern Kentucky.
Synan said the coalition has been fervent about monitoring the overdoses in the area since the late summer, early fall spike in overdoses. Then, the city encountered hundreds of overdoses from August through October, after finding the elephant opioid carfentanil in the heroin stream in July in Hamilton County.
He said it was premature to discuss what drug was causing the current surge: "It could be heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, (fentanyl) derivatives or none of the above."
Coalition team members hoped to have additional information Monday. Terry DeMio tdemio@enquirer.com
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