Portland police reply to five overdoses in 24 hours
PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland police are on excessive alert after responding to an alarming variety of overdoses this week.
Officers have responded to 5 overdoses in simply the final 24 hours, with three of these victims dying. Thus far this yr the Portland Police Division has seen six deaths out of 37 overdoses, officers stated.
Tom Doherty, the chief Director for Milestone Restoration says a kind of latest deaths was somebody who was of their program for a very long time.
They are saying they had been working with them as lately as Thursday night time.
“That is somebody they labored with final night time, labored with all through the previous months and years,” Doherty stated. “They’re a human being, they’re an individual that’s in a tough spot, and it’s arduous to lose folks. These are folks from our neighborhood.”
Police reiterated that Narcan, an overdose reversing drug, is accessible for free of charge on the police division, at native pharmacies and well being facilities.
When you see somebody overdosing, police advise that you simply name 911 and stick with the individual till first responders arrive.
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