CPD Warns of Dangerous Drugs after Four Die in Overdoses

According to our friends at NewsChannel9, Chattanooga Police and Mayor Andy Berke are warning the public that extremely dangerous drugs are being bought and sold – and they say four people have died of suspected overdoses in just over 24 hours as a result.

CPD spokesperson Elisa Myzal says the deaths happened between Monday and Tuesday.

While toxicology screens are pending, Myzal says officers determined the deaths all involved the use of illicit drugs.

Police provided pictures of the drugs found at some of the locations where officers responded.

CPD has not released the names of those who overdosed, or specified what drugs led to their deaths.

If you or someone you know buys or uses drugs, police are asking you to take this warning seriously and not use them.

If you have seen someone overdose, call 911 immediately, and don’t leave the person alone until EMS or police get there.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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