After Ottawa Police confirmed that Fentanyl was found in the city for the first time this week, concern is growing over the strength of the drug and others on the streets.
Oasis Program Director Rob Boyd says the standard antidote kits may not be cutting it anymore.
"What we're finding now is that with some of these more powerful drugs, the number of doses that we're providing for people in these take home naloxone kits is not sufficient. If you pick up a kit you get 2 doses of naloxone. What we're finding is that you may need 3, 4 or 5 doses because of some of the more potent drugs that are out there."
Boyd says fentanyl is a very high risk drug especially to someone who hasn't built up an opioid tolerance before taking it and that the bigger risk is that it's now being found in other drugs.
"Most of the people who have been using the powdered fentanyl are people who have been out seeking opioids. So, what's different now is that it's being found in drugs where people aren't even aware that they're taking fentanyl."
Boyd wants the province to allow people to purchase more antidote kits or increase the amount of doses found in one of them.