While none of the 29 reported overdoses were fatal, the spike is another concerning turn in the region’s ongoing opioid crisis.

This is the biggest number of hospitalizations in the District since July.

D.C. health officials tested six suspected K2 overdoses and determined three of them were linked to the drug.

Overdoses claimed more than lives in D.C. since 2014. This group says another 158 will die in 2017.