Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025
Location: Winnipeg
Substance Sold As: Pink Down
Visual Appearance: Pink granules
Substance sold as Pink Down was connected to five overdoses on Saturday. Tested positive for para-fluorofentanyl on FTIR machine.
FTIR results showed caffeine, xylitol (an artifical sweetener) and 16% para-fluorofentanyl, a synthetic opioid. This is an unusually high reading for para-fluorofentanyl.
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