Overview
- Two Montgomery County maintenance employees reported shaking, dizziness and hot flashes about 30 minutes after receiving a damp, pink-tinted flyer outside the RB Tullis Branch Library.
- An evidence technician at the Precinct 4 Constable’s Office conducted a presumptive test on the flyer that officials say indicated the presence of fentanyl.
- Officials have not determined whether the substance on the paper caused the reported symptoms, and they have not said whether the workers were medically evaluated or tested.
- Independent toxicology experts caution that brief skin contact is unlikely to cause rapid illness and note that field-positive results can be overturned by confirmatory lab analysis, as in a 2018 Harris County case.
- The constable’s office issued a public advisory urging people to avoid accepting items from unknown individuals as the investigation continues with no arrests announced.