Suffolk bills aim to help heroin users
Photo credit: Newsday / Chris Ware | A drug antidote kit containing Narcan is pictured at the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependance in Mineola. (Aug. 1, 2012)
Heroin on the rise on Long Island
Prescription drug abuse crackdown
A nasal drug-overdose antidote now in the hands of hundreds of Long Island cops and paramedics has saved 51 lives in Suffolk County and dozens more in Nassau since its introduction last year, authorities said.
All the rescued drug users -- including many who had taken heroin -- were found unconscious before being revived with naloxone hydrochloride spray, commonly known as Narcan, police said....
