Nine Minnesota Prison Workers Hospitalized After Exposure to Synthetic Drug

The incident at Stillwater Correctional Facility has prompted a lockdown and ongoing investigation into the source of the substances.

Nine staff members at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater were hospitalized after exposure to a synthetic drug, believed to be K2.
The exposure occurred when a guard responded to an inmate smoking in his cell, and another inmate threw a container with an unknown substance at staff.
Symptoms experienced by the affected workers included lightheadedness, nausea, and increased heart rates; one worker received Narcan.
The prison has been placed on lockdown, and the substances are still being tested to identify their exact composition.
Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell emphasized the ongoing issue of synthetic drugs entering prisons and mentioned recent overdose deaths under investigation.