New Drug Allows Suffolk Police to Reverse Opiate Overdoses
New Drug Allows Suffolk Police to Reverse Opiate Overdoses — KINGS PARK — Suffolk County police managed to revive an unconscious man who had allegedly overdosed on heroin thanks to the actions of a few quick-thinking o…
Hooked Anew: The Rising Heroin Epidemic
For the Brown family of Carlsbad, Calif. their worst nightmare became a reality when their only son passed away from a heroin overdose in Sept. 2013. Only 21-years-old, Ian Brown was undergoing his fourth round of … These receptors are located in the …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die
Although opioid overdoses typically take several hours to kill, once breathing has slowed past a certain point, it takes just seconds for the lack of oxygen to damage the brain irreversibly. But there is an antidote that if used before this point …
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