WDBJ7: NRV health organizations warning of increased “Purple Heroin” overdoses
NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. (WDBJ) - The New River Health District is seeing a recent rise in dangerous overdoses on a drug new to the area called “Purple Heroin.”
It’s heroin laced with carfentanyl or fentanyl, but could also contain other drugs like xylazine, a tranquilizer drug.
This substance has been identified in West Virginia and appears to be spreading along the U.S. 460 and I-77 corridors.
Chris Alderman with “Rise Above” New River Health District Harm Reduction Services says the first known case of overdose on Purple Heroin began last week in Rich Creek in Giles County and has made its way to Pulaski County.
