Philadelphia police respond to a significant number of overdose-related incidents

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Sunday, July 22, 2018
Philadelphia police respond to a significant number of overdose-related incidents
Philadelphia police respond to a significant number of overdose-related incidents. Gray Hall reports during Action News at noon on July 22, 2018.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new warning is coming from Philadelphia Police following several reports of a cluster of drug overdoses or dangerous drug reactions.

Police say between Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon officers responded to a significant amount of overdose-related calls.

However, the medical examiner reports three apparent drug overdose deaths, which is average.

Watch Action News' Special Report on the Opioid Crisis: Finding Solutions.

Investigators are looking into what was in the drugs that led to the reports.

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