Public Health is out with a drug alert for the Halifax area.
Nova Scotia Health issuing the advisory on Twitter on Thursday.
It says a community partner has told them a drug being sold as Xanax Bars may be tainted with an unknown opioid.
#DRUGALERT We have received a report from a community partner today that a substance being sold as Xanax Bars in the #Halifax Region Municipality, South Shore and Bridgewater to Chester area, may have been contaminated with an unknown opioid. pic.twitter.com/yZ0EGnLJUv
— Nova Scotia Health (@HealthNS) September 2, 2021
Xanax is classified as a benzodiazepine drug, which is frequently used to treat anxiety disorders due to its calming effects.
Xanax bars are the street name for the long, tubular pill.
The warning also applies to the South Shore, including Bridgewater and Chester.
