WTKR NewsChannel 3 News At 500 February 29, 2016
A device that could prevent someone from dying from a heroin overdose. 13 20 if we can save one life than it s worth it. Virginia beach police are hoping to save more lives by using these devices. Inside them theres medicine called naloxone. Nalockszone it can counteract the effect of a heroin overdose. Right now the department has 50 but say they plan on getting 150 over the next few weeks. 2 53 we wanted to be among the first to roll out the program. The number of people overdosing is alarming. In Virginia Beach alone police say in 2015 they had 135 heroin overdoses of those 35 people died. ...