Save a Life: Protect Yourself and Loved Ones From Drug Overdose

Save A Life: Protect yourself and loved ones from drug overdose – If you use drugs or care about someone who does, this brief video is for you. Learn how to save a life. Recognize the symptoms of drug overdose and the emergency response. Our goal is to stop people from dying from accidental drug overdose in Kennebec County, because we care. We appreciate the willingness of Dr. McDermotts family to allow the use of his message in the hope that it will save lives.

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In 2009, reports the Wall Street Journal, about 13,000 babies were diagnosed as having painkiller withdrawal symptoms — the condition is sometimes referred to as "neonatal abstinence syndrome." The number of babies born with the condition tripled …
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Rising painkiller addiction shows damage from drugmakers' role in shaping …

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But the damage arising from those misconceptions may have been vast. The nation is confronting an ongoing epidemic of addiction to prescription painkillers — more widespread than cocaine or heroin — that has left nearly 2 million in its grip …
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