Just like the rest of the country, California is caught in an epidemic. Heroin overdose in California is like a runaway freight train. It’s hurtling ahead faster and ever more recklessly, which it will do without check until it wrecks. Oh, wait a minute—the worst is happening right now. The train has already devastated thousands of lives. KCRA television broadcasting out of Davis not long ago ...
Are We Misusing Narcan for Heroin Overdose?
Can you imagine lying in an emergency room barely conscious, not even aware whether you will live or die after a heroin overdose? For some time now we’ve been hearing frightening statistics about opiate overdose victims. People who start out with a simple pain pill addiction turn to heroin because they can no longer access or afford expensive pills. Does that sound like you? Opiate addiction ...
