Warning, A Deadly Type Of Heroin Blamed For Overdose Deaths

The Pittsfield Police Department posted this on facebook.

Authored By: Captain Mark Trapani
Authorized By: Chief Michael Wynn

Subject: “Power Heroin”

The Pittsfield Police Department (PPD) has become aware that a potentially deadly type of heroin (stamped “Power”) has been and continues to be available in Pittsfield. Additionally, we believe that the “Power” heroin has been re-packaged into packets labeled both “Avengers2” and “Redbull.”

Albany News 6
These doses of heroin, as well as those stamped “Jumanji”, have been responsible for a number of fatal and non–fatal overdoses in the region within the last month.