State. This month, a Police Officer in ohio had a near fatal sentinel overdose facing overdose following routine traffic stop. ,e put on his mask and gloves arrested some individuals, went back to the playstation and the police station, noticed there was powder on his shirt, he brushed it away. He is a big man, and he fell to the floor unconscious and overdose. Canadministered nor immediately, but he was not enough, they had to rush into the hospital where two more narc an doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have date have died if he had been alone. He also said, what if you got home and hugged his kid . This, it is devastating our communities and causing danger for Law Enforcement and First Responders. Isntanyl hundreds of times more potent than heroin. It can be deadly. We also know about other synthetic drugs coming into our country. This issue is getting worse. As i said, the number of overdoses and deaths have increased a medically dramatically. You mi
We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose following a routine traffic stop. He p he noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He did the right thing. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals,s, went back to the Police Station and noticed it on his shirt there was some powder so he reached up like this and brush the powder off his shirt. This guy is 6foot three, 225 pounds. A big man. He fell to the floorimmedi unconscious in overdose. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. Wapi they had to rush
Individual, went back to the Police Station and noticed on his shirt was some powder. He brushed the powder off the shirt, he is 6 foot 3, 225 pounds am a big man, he fell to the floor unconscious from overdose. They administered antidote immediately but it wasnt enough, rushed him to the hospital where two more doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have died had he been alone. What if he had gone home with that power on his shirt and hugged his kid . That is just an example of what we are facing. Obviously a devastating to our communities and families but also creating quite a danger for Law Enforcement and First Responders. Sentinel is 35 to 50 times more powerful than heroin, a lethal dose to of 20 mg, we were able to show a tiny amount of fenton all can be deadly and we know about other synthetic drugs, this is getting worse as i said, the number of overdoses and deaths have increased dramatically, the director of National Intelligence included synthetic
Pelley and tuning up a car. So it sounds just right. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, tornadoes hit the new orleans area, ripping homes apart and knocking out power. The narr says there are dozensef minor injuries, but the latest pictures show a lot of major damage. As many as 10,000 homes and businesses is are lost power. The governor has declared a state of emergency, and David Begnaud is on the scene. Reporter it was a large tornado that tore through new orleans east, destroying several homes. Thats when the roof went flying. Reporter Sheryl Mcbride took cover in the bath tub. As soon as i got in, stooped down, the roof came off, things started flying. I asked jesus to cover me, dont let me get hurt. And the next thing you know, here we are. Reporter the tornado left a trail of destruction, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and downing power lines. It was actually a twister. The funnel come straight over, come straight across, come straight up behind us.
Pelley and tuning up a car. So it sounds just right. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Let me get hurt. And the next thing you know, here we are. Reporter the tornado left a trail of destruction, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and downing power lines. It was actually a twister. The funnel come straight over, come straight across, come straight up behind us. Reporter a Warehouse Security camera captured the moment of tornado ripped off the buildings roof and flipped over an 18wheeler. It went about two miles, and it covered about a half a mile swath of land. Reporter mayor Mitch Landrieu weve been able to see the damage. Its devastating. There are a lot of families that lost everything they had. Reporter the tornado was part of a larger weather system that was sweeping through louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. More than 2. 5 Million People were in the storms path. Just north of new orleans, two more tornadoes touched down. Mobile homes were destroyed in the town of k