More responders using 'wonder drug' Narcan to treat overdose victims

While Connecticut state troopers were recently trained and equipped with a drug that medical professionals have used for decades as an antidote to narcotic overdoses, some local emergency services departments have been more reluctant than others to carry the medicine. The Bridgeport police are considering implementing a program that would make naloxone hydrochloride, commonly known as Narcan, available in its squad cars, said William Kaempffer, Bridgeport's public safety spokesman.



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