VANCOUVER — A 17-year-old boy has died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in Vancouver.
A Vancouver police release says that two boys, aged 16 and 17, lost consciousness in a Shelley Park Saturday night after taking what is believed to be fake Oxycontin.
Both teens were rushed to hospital and the 16 year-old has been released, but the 17 year-old was taken off life support and has died.
The drugs the boys are believed to have consumed are known as "fake 80s," which are green pills with the number 80 on them.
Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more toxic than morphine and has been linked to many recent overdose deaths in B.C., including the deaths of a North Vancouver couple in July.
Police say fentanyl can be found in many forms and is often mixed with other drugs.
