The City of Columbus has boarded up a Linden home linked to several drug overdoses in the neighborhood. Police found heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and firearms inside the home in the 9 hundred block of Duxberry Avenue. City officials are also trying to have a suspected drug house on Sullivant Avenue shut down as police and health officials search for the source of a dangerous batch of heroin mixed with another substance. Columbus Health Commissioner doctor Teresa Long says police and paramedics responded to nearly three-dozen overdoses between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, including two deaths.
Deputy Columbus Police Chief Ken Kuebler says cops had to scramble when the overdoses were reported.
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The cases prompted authorities to issue a public health warning. Tests are underway to determine the identity of the other substance. Police are also looking for the distributors.