Wilton Manors, Florida: Six Spring Breakers Overdose on Cocaine Laced With Fentanyl

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Emergency responders were called out to a horrifying scene in Wilton Manors, Florida, on Thursday after six young people on Spring Break overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl, according to officials.

Local10 reports that Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to an emergency at a short-term holiday rental late Thursday afternoon and found six people suffering from overdoses.

Chief Stephen Gollan reportedly said: “There were multiple people in cardiac arrest in the front yard... Narcan was deployed as quickly as possible.”

The six were rushed to hospital, where one reportedly had to be intubated and remains in critical condition, according to Gollan. “This is extremely alarming to us,” said the chief. Wilton Manors police and the Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies have opened an investigation.

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[jmbar2]

1. Same thing happened two weeks ago in my tiny Oregon town

A batch of fake Oxycodone pills hit the streets, laced with Fentanyl. Also in Portland.

As tragic as is it, maybe the total unreliability of street drugs will discourage newbies from trying them in the first place. But if the Florida story is an indication, word hasn't gotten out yet.

RIP

[Mariana]

16. Street drugs have always been totally unreliable. nt.

[bluedigger]

2. Found three dead in a motel room in my little town last week.

[RKP5637]

3. How horrible. n/t

[LonePirate]

4. That coke was bought from an idiot.

Drug dealers do not want to murder their clients. They simply want their customers to become addicted and dependent on the drug so they will continue buying it. Whoever sold that cocaine was a complete idiot looking to make a quick buck via a ridiculously low grade product cut with fentanyl.

[MineralMan]

5. It was also bought BY idiots.

Taking drugs obtained from people you don't know has always been uber stupid.

"Don't take the brown acid!"

[Lochloosa]

10. Completely agree.

[BlackSkimmer]

11. This.

Glad my spring breaks were aided only by booze and some occasional weed.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Known many dealers, have ya?

"Drug dealers do not want to murder their clients. They simply want their customers to become addicted and dependent on the drug so they will continue buying it."

Silly statement, in my opinion. I'll give you the first sentence as true. The second is a bit of a stretch.

[LonePirate]

8. They want a steady stream of reliable customers just like any business.

They would much rather have repeat customers as that greatly reduces the risk that purchaser works in law enforcement. An addicted and frequent customer who needs their product is exactly what they want as it provides them with a steady income source with less than normal risk.

[stopdiggin]

12. which has no relation whatsoever to out of town

spring breaker customers. Thank you.

[LonePirate]

15. Once word gets out of a tainted supply, buyers are going to slow down purchases.

Sales are less likely to occur if people think the dealer is pushing a bad product. It's basic economics even if none of the parties are versed in economic theory. People who make and sell a bad product go out of business, regardless of the business.

Yes, it is possible the dealer had a limited supply and tried to cut it in order to increase the supply and make more money. If so, they went about it the wrong way, hence my original statement about the dealer being an idiot.

[getagrip_already]

7. not entirely true....

There is a phenomenon where hard core addicts will seek out drugs that caused someone to OD. They believe it is stronger and they will need less to get their fix.

Some asshat dealers will callously poison a few doses just to cause od's, and then reap the rewards as others seek out that supply.

It's just business. (sarcasm)

[stopdiggin]

14. often the 'dealer' really has no idea of the origin

(or quality) of the product they are hawking on the street (or out of their suburban garage). The 'cut' on this batch of coke could easily have happened before the drug even made it into this country - and traded hands 5 times before reaching the level of the person selling to college kids. The 'dealer' sells what is provided to him/her - and, no, they don't have handy little 'test kits.'

[cinematicdiversions]

21. Tourists are not really customers.

It's just a one off sale. So from the dealers point of view why not.

[niyad]

9. I keep seeing the cene in the Whoopi Goldberg movie "Fatal Beauty".

How incredibly sad.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Identical Thought

That movie was the first thing that popped into my mind, too.
BTW: I really enjoyed that movie. Of course, I'm a big fan of both Whoopi & Sam Elliott.

[niyad]

25. Same here!

[jmowreader]

13. Dear Spring Breakers

Forget Florida. Just forget it.

California has just as good of weather, better beaches, fewer puritanical pricks who want you all in jail, and absolutely reliable weed. You don’t have to go to some guy on a street corner who might be a cop to try to buy drugs that could have anything in them. You can go to a store and know exactly what you’re getting…and if you meet a cop after you buy weed he isn’t going to cuff you.

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. Better beaches?!?

LOL....really?

I've been to several beaches in California. They all have one thing in common; The fucking cold-ass Pacific Ocean!

Also never saw sand like this on any beach in California;







The rest of your post is a given!

(I know white sand beaches exist on the west coast, I'm just busting your chops! )

[Zorro]

18. Gotta go with ya there

Florida's beaches are nicer, and the Gulf beaches are nicer than the Atlantic beaches.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. In The Keys...

...one can go from a gulf beach to an ocean beach in about 5 minutes.
Alas, the beaches in Key West are not great. As much as I dig that town, one has to go to Bahia, or the upper keys to get really good beaches. KW beaches are shallower & muddier, and the sand is very course.
Still love it there.

[Jose Garcia]

22. This wasn't weed. It was cocaine laced with fentynal

[jmowreader]

24. No kidding

[Drb2072]

23. Where oh where did they find coke in South Florida

I've never heard of cocaine in Miami before. It must've come there via California

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. And not just any spring breakers ...

Hat tip, the CBS Evening News, with Major Garrett

US Military Academy cadets on spring break overdose on fentanyl-laced cocaine in Wilton Manors

Victims found in cardiac arrest outside vacation rental home in Wilton Manors

By: Peter Burke , Associated Press

Posted at 5:20 PM, Mar 11, 2022 and last updated 5:29 PM, Mar 11, 2022

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — A group of U.S. Military Academy cadets overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl Thursday in South Florida while on spring break. ... The incident occurred at a vacation rental home in Wilton Manors.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Steve Gollan told NBC affiliate WTVJ that multiple people were found in cardiac arrest Thursday in the front yard of the home on Northwest 29th Court. ... A statement from the U.S. Military Academy's public affairs office Friday confirmed that some cadets were involved.

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Gollan said two of the six college students who overdosed were sickened because they tried to give CPR to the initial overdose victims.

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Army football players among those involved in drug overdose incident while on Spring Break

Five people remain hospitalized in South Florida, two of which are on ventilators, from overdosing

By Shehan Jeyarajah
37 mins ago
1 min read

Two members of Army's football program were involved in a drug-related incident at a Florida vacation home during Spring Break on Thursday. Six people, including an unnamed Army football player, were hospitalized after being found unconscious from overdosing on fentanyl-laced cocaine, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Two individuals remain in critical condition and on ventilators as of Friday, while three are in stable condition and one has been released. It is unclear at this time the status of the football player, but two of the six individuals who overdosed are confirmed to be students at the U.S. Military Academy. Another Army football player was at the house during the incident but is unharmed, according the Associated Press.

"The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving West Point cadets, which occurred Thursday night in Wilton Manors, FL," Army said a statement to the Sun-Sentinel. "The incident is currently under investigation and no other details are available at this time."

Two individuals suffered cardiac arrest shortly after using the drug, according to the report. Two others received enough fentanyl to cause an overdose while performing mouth-to-mouth in an attempt to revive the other students.

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