A young man died Friday night in Sackville from a suspected overdose.

The Southeast District RCMP responded to a 911 call just before midnight on Friday, and upon arriving at Uncle Larry’s bar on Main Street in Sackville, found a 24-year-old male with no pulse. Corporal Brian Villers said he could not confirm the exact cause of death until an autopsy was completed, but it appeared to be due to an overdose.

Villers says this is the only sudden death reported to the Sackville detachment recently that is suspected of being an overdose. However, support workers have reported a string of overdoses in nearby Moncton recently, all seemingly connected to a similar substance.

CHMA talks with Ensemble Moncton director Debby Warren about harm reduction, safe supply, and the questions we should be asking about dangerous substance use.