Three being treated after overdosing

Posted: November 6, 2011 - 4:01am
Updated: November 8, 2011 - 2:13am

Updated Post:
Lawrence Police say they are still investigating the incident that sent three people to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for suspected drug overdoses. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that at about 3:39 a.m., police were dispatched to the 3400 block of Scioto Drive for a medical emergency. When they arrived they found two 27-year-old Lawrence men and a 25-year-old Lawrence woman who were unresponsive according to police reports. All three were treated and have since been released from the hospital. Police are still investigating to determine the circumstances surrounding the event.

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Lawrence Police are investigating a multiple overdose, involving three subjects in the 3400 block of Scioto Drive this morning. Police and Fire/Medical were dispatched just before 3:40a.m.

Police arrived and found three subjects, all unresponsive at the scene, reportedly from "recreational drug use."

Three medic units are were dispatched to the scene and all transported unresponsive patients away from the scene.

Initial reports indicate the subjects, two males and a female all in their "early 20's", used a mixture of illegal and prescription drugs with alcohol. Unconfirmed information indicates that the subjects consumed unknown amounts of "GHB, Ecstasy, Adderall and alcohol." Police are investigating.

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