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. And so far in 2016 36 people have overdosed and 6 of them were fatal. And those are just the cases that police have responded to. Mdash;tons 494483i never ever thought in one million years that my children would die from drugs. It s just horrible Carolyn Weems daughter overdosed at the age of 21. She is happy to hear that police are taking action in an effort to prevent people from dying. 13 36 th
Shannon Fink and Erica Carson typically work behind a desk, but on Friday, they swapped out their keyboards for paint brushes while volunteering at People’s Oakland, a local recovery and wellness nonprofit.