Dear editor,
Overdoses are happening everywhere, all over the country. In our current society, the streets
are filled to the brim with ultra-strong heroin that’s often mixed with fentanyl and a multitude
of its analogues, making life-saving efforts, like Narcan, futile when trying to reverse an
overdose.
The thing is, overdoses don’t just happen in the bathroom or bedroom at home. In
fact, many people who overdose do so in public areas. Overdoses can happen in the grocery
store, in the car, at a shopping mall … just about anywhere. Overdoses happen when a person
has taken more opiates (or opioids) than their body can handle. They can happen absolutely
anywhere and it’s really important for everyone to know the symptoms of an overdose because
then, the appropriate actions can be taken to save a person’s life.
For more information on the opiate epidemic, visit http://www.narconon–
suncoast.org/blog/how-to-recognize-signs-of-an-opiate-overdose.html. If you are in need of
a referral to a treatment center, call us at (888) 824-1621
CASS RASMUSSEN
Clearwaater
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