From the Bel Air Police Department: (May 20, 2015 BEL AIR, MD) In an effort to become more proactive in dealing with the growing heroin issue, the Bel Air Police Department will begin carrying Naxolone. Naxolone, commonly known by its brand name Narcan, can be administered by officers to subjects experiencing, or believed to be […]
Aberdeen Police Save Patient from Heroin Overdose with First Successful Use of Naloxone Spray
From the Aberdeen Police Department: Aberdeen, MD – On Sunday, March 1, 2015, at approximately 1307 hours, Corporal Shannon Persuhn and Officer First Class Robert Tice of the Aberdeen Police Department’s Patrol Division, responded to 117 S. Law Street Aberdeen, Maryland for a reported possible heroin overdose. The 24 year old male victim was located […]
Sen. Jennings: “Heroin Overdose Deaths Have Spiraled to Epidemic Proportions”
From the office of State Sen. J.B. Jennings: Death resulting from a heroin overdose is too often the final tragedy to befall a heroin addict. Compounding that tragedy is the fact that many of these deaths can be prevented. Maryland is one of 23 states enacting laws and establishing programs to prevent heroin overdose deaths […]
