Dangerous drugs are circulating in the Regina area, leading to three overdose deaths over the past week.

According to an updated overdose alert from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, firefighters in the Queen City are responding to a high number of suspected overdose calls, with 47 suspected overdose cases – including three deaths – reported between Nov. 28 and Thursday.

Read more: • Drug overdose alert issued in Regina as three people die in last 24 hours • Regina’s safe consumption site says recent overdose deaths are preventable • Saskatoon overdose alert updated after additional death, carfentanil detected

“On December 4, Newo Yotina Friendship Centre tested a red/pink substance sold as fentanyl, which contained benzodiazepines and caused an overdose,” the ministry explaine

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