RCMP warns community of tainted drugs after six overdoses in The Pas

RCMP are warning people in The Pas about a tainted illicit drug circulating in the area after responding to six overdoses at the same location Saturday night.

RCMP are warning people in The Pas about a tainted illicit drug circulating in the area after responding to six overdoses at the same location Saturday night.

Mounties got the first call around 8:45 p.m., responding to an establishment on Fischer Avenue in The Pas. Four men there were found to be unresponsive. Investigators say the men had ingested drugs, possibly ecstasy, believed to be laced with an opioid.

Emergency responders treated the four men with naloxone, a medication used to counteract the effect of opioids. Three were revived and taken to hospital where their treatment continued. They have since been released.

The fourth, Harlan Fourre, had travelled up to The Pas from Winnipeg to visit friends and family. His father, Joseph Fourre, told CTV News he received a call from his daughter last night telling him what happened.

"My son went out with his friends and they visited an establishment. They were found on the floor, all four of them," said Fourre from outside Brandon Regional Health Centre on Sunday.

Fourre said the three other men who were with his son were treated with naloxone at the scene because they still had a heartbeat. "My son however didn’t have a heartbeat," he said. "And so they worked on him in The Pas for about 45 minutes plus to get his heart going again."

Fourre said his son was stabilized at St. Anthony's General Hospital in The Pas, then transported to Brandon Regional Health Centre where he remains in critical condition.