Examining the Facts: Belleville, Ontario police claim, and media reporting of, “opioids contaminated with GHB”

February 08, 2024: Belleville, Ontario is back in the news with another spike in overdoses. In November 2023, Belleville experienced a similar spike. At that time, Belleville police stated the spike was likely due to « opioids laced with GHB ». We were skeptical of this claim, but needed to wait for any lab-based analysis of the drugs involved. The results came back in January and we developed the following statement. 

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