Baltimore attacking overdose epidemic (WMAR)
On Baltimore's Block, they deal in drugs of a different kind---naloxone, which is an antidote for opioids, and one of the city’s health educators, Nathan Fields, offers a simple message.
"If you save a life today, you can make a better choice tomorrow,” Fields said. “If you don't save a life today and that person dies, then there's no tomorrow."
Fatal overdoses from alcohol and drugs in the city skyrocketed to 393 last year, but by training people to administer naloxone, 400 others have been saved.
"We all trained over 14,000 people,” City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen said. “As of last count, 14,000 people on how to save a life from overdose, which is enough to fill the Royal Farms Arena."
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