Two high school students overdosed and were hospitalized within 24 hours after using heroin laced vape pens, according to Morgantown Police.
“Preliminary testing on one of the ‘Vape’ solutions has indicated that the solution contained heroin, and other opioids as well as a significant number of other chemicals,” Chief Ed Preston said on Friday.
The solutions are “extremely dangerous” and even one use can be fatal, Preston said. He urged anyone with vape solutions purchased from anywhere other than a retail store to turn them in to school administrators, law enforcement or to throw them away.
At least one of the devices was sold as liquid marijuana, which is also a danger and possibly fatal when mixed with other chemicals and controlled substances, Preston said.
If a parent suspects their child is in possession of a vape pen or vaping solution, they should throw it away or turn it in to law enforcement for possible testing.
“The Morgantown Police Department is not interested in charging anyone that turns these items in but is focused on the source of this potentially deadly product,” he said.
