NEWPORT — Police Chief Seth C. DiSanto and the Newport Police Department are warning the community that a particularly lethal strain of heroin is currently being distributed in the City of Newport and the surrounding area.
On Tuesday, Aug. 9, at approximately 5:45 p.m., the Newport Police Department and Newport Ambulance Service responded to a heroin-related overdose in the parking lot of the American Legion, located at 60 Railroad Street.
The victim, a 27-year-old male, was revived with nasal Naloxone deployed by the Newport Ambulance Service and transported to the hospital.
The next day, officers responded to another heroin-related overdose in the parking lot of Maplefields, located at 273 Main Street.
The victim, a 23-year-old male, was revived with nasal Naloxone and transported to the hospital as well.
“While all heroin is potentially lethal, the severity of these two consecutive incidents leads us to believe that this batch of drugs that has infiltrated our community is worse than usual,” Chief DiSanto said. “We are aggressively pursuing anyone who may be distributing heroin or other drugs throughout Newport, and encourage residents to report any suspected overdose immediately.”
Both of these incidents are under investigation by the Newport Police Department.
So let’s take the security officer out of the high school and make all kids on the east side of town all walk to the elementary school… Lets fail our children… Looks like we are on the path to a great future.
Maybe you should leave the naloxone on the pharmacy – addicts will only take more, especially if they believe you have a way to save them. Understand addiction, but had to change me, not be saved, though in the long run, a higher power, not naloxone, saved me. I needed to chang
Yes great point….in fact I was recently thinking about taking up heroin since the Naloxone has recently become available at my local drug store. I am really looking forward to a life of addiction and all that goes with it…….destroy my family, rob my neighbors and friends, sell my body, loose the kids to DHHS……..maybe even play around with some violent gangs……ah good times.
Understand many addictions come from doctor offices not because some idiot thought…….lets try heroin we can revive ourselves at Riteaid if it goes bad. Most people addicted are good people who are law abiding. Your grandmother may need that Naloxone some day if she accidentally takes too many percs while on that Fentanyl patch……it can happen to anyone.