No one has been a bigger booster of David's Law than us.
That's the measure that does two very important things in the war on the ever-increasing problem of heroin overdoses.
First, it allows someone who is in the company of a person suffering an overdose to call 911 without fear of prosecution.
Second, it has put the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone in the hands of police who are often the first to respond or encounter someone suffering an overdose.
It is absolutely saving lives.
More proof of that comes from Upper Darby, where police now say they already have saved their 11th person suffering a heroin overdose.
But Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood asks a very good question: What happens after the person is revived.
Chitwood wants more money and effort put into treatment of addiction.
This week Chitwood noted that police saved a man from an OD, only to learn the man suffered another fatal overdose three days later.
"Narcan (the generic form of Naloxone) is a great tool to save lives, but it doesn't stop addiction," Chitwood said.
Good point.
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