At least 14 people overdosed on heroin and other opiates in a 24-hour period last weekend in Portland, heightening concerns about the region’s drug epidemic and whether a particularly dangerous supply is circulating on city streets. Five of the 14 individuals were in cardiac arrest by the time paramedics arrived and two died as a result of the overdoses, according to city officials.

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