CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Prison guards and nurses were among two dozen people treated for possible drug exposure inside an Ohio prison Wednesday, the state highway patrol said.
The individuals, who included one inmate, started showing symptoms of an overdose around 9 a.m. at Ross Correctional Institution, said patrol spokesman Lt. Robert Sellers.
They were administered naloxone, a drug used to combat overdoses caused by opioids such as heroin or fentanyl. The prison is about 44 miles (71 kilometers) south of Columbus. Sellers said the patrol made 300 doses of naloxone available if needed.
Contraband fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, is suspected, possibly dispersed into the air by a fan, said Sellers, who emphasized investigators were still trying to determine what happened.
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