Agency reminds of danger of opioids after youth fentanyl overdose
Two 16-year-olds at Skive Festival had to be placed in an induced coma on Thursday after ingesting the drug fentanyl.
The Danish Health Authority is closely following the situation at Skive Festival, where two young people overdosed.
The board writes to Ritzau.
“Throughout the day, we have been in continuous contact with the hospital, the poison control center, the forensic chemistry institute and the police,” the agency writes.
Two young festival participants had to be placed in an induced coma on Thursday after ingesting the drug fentanyl.
They may have inadvertently ingested the drug in a drink, police said earlier Friday.
The two, a girl from North Jutland and a boy from Zealand, both 16 years old, were taken to the hospital by ambulance on Thursday evening.
On Friday, the young people were taken out of an induced coma and are not in danger of death, TV Midtvest has reported based on information from the local police.
The case has prompted the police to issue a general warning on Friday afternoon that fentanyl is in circulation at Skive Festival.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that resembles the painkiller morphine, but is many times stronger.
The Danish Health Authority further writes on Friday that ‘no young person should take drugs, and opioids, we know, are some of the most dangerous things you can come into contact with’.
The board refers to the fact that it will launch a ‘massive campaign and information effort’ in the coming week.
It is still unclear how the two 16-year-olds were poisoned, but the initial investigation indicates that it may have been put in something they drank, police have said.
But fentanyl can also appear in puff bars or in other narcotics.
The Danish Health Authority also points out that it does not yet know details regarding the incident on Thursday, but that there are ‘several examples of pills or puff bars containing very strong and dangerous substances’.
The board refers to its warnings about dangerous substances on its website from May 28.
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