GEICO employees help rescue 2 from smoldering car after possible heroin OD

read more…: GEICO employees help rescue 2 from smoldering car after possible heroin OD

Manchester Fire personnel doused the fire as AMR workers began performing CPR on both occupants. The two men were brought to a local hospital and treated with Narcan, which is used to counter the effects of heroin overdose. Police believe the two may have overdosed on heroin and that the driver’s foot was holding down the gas pedal.

Drug sweep nets 23 arrests, $14K in heroin: ‘These are the people driving crime in our neighborhoods’

read more…: Drug sweep nets 23 arrests, $14K in heroin: ‘These are the people driving crime in our neighborhoods’

“Some might say drugs is a victimless crime. It isn’t. It drives the theft crimes, crimes of violence, and this is what you end up having. You have people dealing drugs. And when you deal drugs you need protection, so your going to have weapons, and there going to be people not only going after their drugs, but the proceeds you see there,” Mara said.

NH Top Cops: ‘We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out’ of oxy, heroin epidemic

read more…: NH Top Cops: ‘We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out’ of oxy, heroin epidemic

On April 23, 2014 four dozen of New Hampshire’s top law officers, health officials and addiction experts came together to share their first-hand frustrations and observations about the fallout from the current drug epidemic responsible for unprecedented accidental deaths, spiking crime rates and a revolving door of addiction here, and across the country.

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