Test of suspected fentanyl also turns up hallucinogen DMT: Saskatoon police

A batch of what Saskatoon police thought was fentanyl, seized by a patrol officer last year, was found by lab tests to also contain the powerful hallucinogen Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

The test results were disclosed in a news release Thursday by the Saskatoon Police Service.

The drugs were some of "multiple substances" seized during an arrest made on an undisclosed date last year. The drugs were tested after it was suspected they contained fentanyl, the release said.

"The results of the drug analysis solidify what we have been saying for months: what people think they are buying, and consuming, may in fact be mixed in with other drugs that they are unaware of," said Dave Haye, the force's superintendent of criminal investigations, in the news release.
 
"The possibility of injury or death is high," he added. 

DMT was suspected to be in drugs seized in Leask, Sask., back in 2017. 

No drugs turned in during amnesty

Police are responding to overdoses "on a regular basis," according to the release.

Three people died from suspected fentanyl overdoses this past winter, and several others were hospitalized.

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Saskatoon police offered an amnesty period where people could turn in illicit drugs without fear of criminal charges

A police spokesperson confirmed Thursday that no drugs were turned into the police as a result of that initiative.