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As suspected heroin overdoses reach what is being called “epidemic proportions,” Montgomery County Police are getting training in the use of a drug that could be life-saving for some. Narcan is a drug that counters the effects of opioid (such as heroin) overdose. Officers administer the drug by spraying it in a person’s nostrils. In 2014, […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, an addiction counselor at the Avery Road Treatment Center said many of her patients have overdosed more than once before seeking treatment. Take a look: For more coverage of the heroin epidemic in Montgomery County, see below: Related:

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, Meghan Westwood, the executive director of the Avery Road Treatment Center, tells us that heroin addicted patient admissions are up significantly at the Avery Road Treatment Center and she said heroin related overdoses are way up across the county. Related:

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy and Governor-elect Larry Hogan talk about the growing issue of heroin use in the state and in Montgomery County. Hogan pledges to issue a state of emergency to deal with the issue. County Report This Week’s Sonya Burke has this report.

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, State’s Attorney John McCarthy talks about the exploding heroin problem in the state of Maryland and in Montgomery County in particular. “We had five heroin, suspected heroin overdose deaths in Montgomery County alone last week. We had 18 deaths last year, this is a growing problem,” said McCarthy. “We have […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee and its Health and Human Services Committee will meet jointly at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, for a work session on the County’s opioid prevention program. In response to a statewide 54 percent increase in heroin-related overdose deaths from 2011 to 2012 and a 15 percent increase […]

UPDATED Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division and the Special Investigations Division are investigating a recent spike in heroin overdose deaths that have occurred in the county. County Cable Montgomery’s Susan Kenedy has more in this report first broadcast on County Report this Week. At least seven overdose deaths have been […]