Leaders, Community Members Gather to Plan Attack on Growing Heroin Epidemic …
Leaders, community members gather to plan attack on growing heroin epidemic …
The summit's audience was made up of law enforcement, medical personnel and social workers, but also parents who have children who are struggling with addiction and some who have even lost children to heroin overdose. Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove …
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Effort hopes to put heroin antidote in hands of public
DOSE OF PREVENTION—Adam Butler, left, from L.A. Community Health Outreach Project, explains to Dane Kigerl how to use naloxone, an injectable medicine that reverses deadly effects of opiate overdose. SYLVIE BELMOND/Acorn Newspapers The Oak …
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FitzGerald selects state senator as running mate
He introduced a bill that would allow first responders and family members of heroin or opiate users to obtain and use naloxone, a drug that stops an overdose. A similar bill has passed the Ohio House. Another bill would allow online driver's license …
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Narcan proving invaluable life saver
LORAIN — Narcan, a drug used to treat opiate overdoses, has become an invaluable resource for police following a rash of overdoses that started in Lorain County a week ago. Around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Lorain police used Narcan to revive a 31-year-old …
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Suffolk officer saves life through Narcan pilot program — An overdose victim has been saved, thanks to a police officer trained to use a life-saving drug. Suffolk Police Officer Michael Alfieri used Narcan for the f…
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