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University of Michigan police now carry naloxone for heroin overdoses


Tuesday, July 19, 2016

by Michigan Live

ANN ARBOR, MI — University of Michigan police officers and housing security are now carrying the drug naloxone, which can save a person's life during a heroin overdose.

The officers with the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security starting carrying the kits after training in May and June, said spokeswoman Diane Brown.

The division purchased the drug in the fall of 2015. A county-wide grant for law enforcement agencies provided the kits.

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