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SPD officers issued opioid-blocking drug
Training session held Thursday
W 072017 SPD NALOXONE TRAINING
At the start of their shift Thursday, Statesboro Police officers receive Naloxone kits with training to help deal with opioid overdoses.
Statesboro police officers will now carry the opioid-blocking drug naloxone in a nasal spray to administer to people who overdose on opioids such as heroin, oxycodone and fentanyl. One shift of the Statesboro Police Department’s officers completed a brief training session Thursday afternoon on how to handle the potentially lifesaving antidote, and the rest are scheduled for sessions Friday and Saturday. The department purchased 76 naloxone kits with a $2,850 grant from the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation at no cost to the city.
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