By Brittany Tyner
WLFI
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. — An increase in the number of spice overdoses is keeping the Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service more than busy, the ambulance service has responded to 60 overdoses of spice in a little over two months.
When an ambulance rolls out of the garage, emergency responders are prepared for a wide range of calls. But recently, there’s a good chance they’re off to a spice overdose.
“Since July 1st of this year till current, we’ve had 105 overdose-type calls. Sixty of those, alone, were spice-related,” said Darrell Clase, TEAS director.
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