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Jefferson County NY to Let Deputies Carry Overdose-Reversal Drug
June 19, 2013 posted by Steve Brownstein
Sheriff’s deputies in New York’s Jefferson County may soon join those in neighboring counties in carrying and administering the anti-overdose drug, Narcan.
Narcan blocks the receptors in the brain affected by prescription painkillers and heroin, and can reverse death-inducting respiratory distress.
Deputies are often on the first on the scene and thus could administer the drug sooner than emergency medical personnel.
