BEDFORD -- Bedford firefighters used the opiate-blocking drug Narcan to save the lives of two men who both overdosed on heroin in simultaneous, but unrelated, incidents on opposites sides of the town on Sunday night.
Bedford Firefighters Use Narcan To Save 2 Overdose Victims
By Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com, The Sun (Lowell)
Tue, 11/25/2014 - 4:43pm
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Topics: Massachusetts Middlesex County Lowell
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