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DuPage police learning to use drug to reverse heroin overdoses

February 22, 2014

DuPage County health officials are training local police officers on how to administer the Narcan, a drug that reverses the effects of heroin. Officers in DuPage want to carry the drug in their squad cars to save heroin users who are overdosing. “Clearly, the sole mission of the DuPage Narcan Program is to save lives,” said Karen Ayala, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140222/news/140229432/
 
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