‘Mass drug overdose’ on New York city street ‘like a zombie movie’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>More than 30 people became ill in an apparent mass drug overdose on a New York City street corner&comma; sparking warnings from police and health chiefs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Calls started coming in on Tuesday morning that numerous people appeared to be overdosing in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Witnesses reported seeing victims lying on the pavement&comma; shaking and leaning against trees and fire hydrants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thirty-three people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries&comma; police said&period; It was not immediately clear what drugs the victims had ingested&comma; but police said some of the victims had been smoking K2&comma; also known as synthetic marijuana&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dennis Gonzalez&comma; of Bushwick&comma; told WNBC-TV that K2 use in that part of Brooklyn was out of control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s gotten out of hand&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They even sleep in the street&comma; we have to walk around them&period; It’s just too much to keep under control&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"696" height&equals;"392" data-videoid&equals;"vwbvZyuDZgU" title&equals;"K2 Crisis In Bed Stuy"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;vwbvZyuDZgU"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;vwbvZyuDZgU&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"K2 Crisis In Bed Stuy"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Health Department said it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;recorded a spike in K2-related emergency room visits” connected to the incident in Brooklyn&period; 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