Dublin overdose deaths could be Fentanyl-related, suggests advocacy worker

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 05: Elan Quashie with Services for the UnderServed (S:US) holds a naloxone overdose kit available in a new vending machine in Brooklyn that will disperse fentanyl test strips and naloxone as well as hygiene kits, maxi pads, Vitamin C, and COVID-19 tests for free on June 05, 2023 in New York City. Operated jointly by S:US and the city Health Department, the vending machine will only ask for a zip code before letting customers choose free items 24 hours a day. New York City plans to place more free public health vending machines in other neighborhoods shortly. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A recent surge of overdose deaths in Dublin could be because of heroin being mixed with a synthetic opioid like Fentanyl, according to an advocacy group for drug users.

Coordinator of UISCE advocacy group, Andy O’Hara, said there has been an increase in the number of overdoses in Dublin, adding: “We would suggest there is a link between that and whatever is in the supply, so whether it is mixing of some drugs, or a higher purity, or that synthetic opioids such as Fentanyl are within those drugs. It is likely.”