11 drug overdoses in one day in Mansfield

By Josh Boose

(Mansfield, OH) - Police in Mansfield are investigating a rash of drug overdoses. 

Police say 11 people overdosed on drugs Thursday in Mansfield, the majority of which are believed to be opioid related. METRICH, a ten county drug task force,  is looking into the source to see how big of a problem it may be. So far, no deaths have been reported.


(Photo by Getty Images)

A needle, spoon, and narcotics bag are seen near a heroin encampment in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2017. In North Philadelphia, railroad gulch as it is knowen, is ground zero in Philadelphia?s opioid epidemic. Known by locals as El Campanento, the open air drug market and heroin encampment is built with the discarded materials from the gulch and populated by addicts seeking a hit of heroin to keep their dope sick, or withdrawal symptoms, at bay. In one area, near the 2nd Avenue overpass, empty syringe wrappers blanket the refuse like grass the used needles they once contained poking through like thistles. According to the city Health Commission, Philadelphia is on track to see 33 percent more drug overdose deaths in 2017 over last year. / AFP PHOTO / DOMINICK REUTER (Photo credit should read DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images)

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