Four overdoses linked to suspected K2, aka 'spice,' at downtown reentry facility

Indianapolis police are investigating another rash of overdoses downtown – this time at an inmate reentry facility. Between 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, IMPD officers were called on at least four suspected overdoses at the Brandon Hall inmate reentry facility at 611 N. Capitol Avenue. All four victims were male inmates at the facility between the ages of 37 and 48. The facility, which also offers transitional housing for homeless veterans in a separate area of the building, is operated by the Volunteers of America. According to Michael Lloyd, vice president of operations for VOA Indiana, facility staff believe the drug responsible for the overdose was the synthetic cannabinoid known as K2, or “spice.”