N.B. news: Police issue street drug warning [Video]

A warning from the Fredericton Police Force about a dangerous drug linked to a recent fatal overdose is being heeded across New Brunswick.

The drug bromazolam appeared for the first time in North American street drugs a few years ago, often mixed with meth and fentanyl. The synthetic drug was created in the 1970s, but was never approved for medical use.

An advisory on Tuesday from Fredericton police said there was evidence bromazolam was in the city’s illicit drug supply.

“If it’s in Fredericton, people throughout the province are using it. That’s just a given,” says Julie Dingwell of Avenue B Harm Reduction in Saint John. “There’s no drug that just stays in one area, it goes throughout the province.”

Dingwell says the warning from Fredericton police is helpful in alerting people beyond the capital region.

“It alerts (frontline services), too. Even if we know that it’s already going on, it’s another opportunity to talk with people,” says Dingwell. “All of …