SCV Sheriffs on opioid crisis: We need your help
SCV Sheriff's deputies save a mother's life after she overdosed on heroin Thursday. Courtesy of the SCV Sheriff's Station

SCV Sheriffs on opioid crisis: We need your help

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials are asking the public to help law enforcement battle the local opioid crisis after deputies revived a mother of five who overdosed on heroin…

Emergency room shares its response to overdoses
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital emergency medicine attending physician Darrin Privett demonstrates how anti-overdose drug Narcan is administered on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Emergency room shares its response to overdoses

In late-April, a 24-hour surge in drug overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley shocked community members and emergency room physicians at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital alike. “Last night, we had…

Local Sheriff’s station awaits opioid overdose remedy
In this 2014 photo, Narcotics Detective Bill Velek displays a box of drug paraphernalia he uses to show parents what to look for around the house. Signal photo by Jim Holt.

Local Sheriff’s station awaits opioid overdose remedy

Local sheriff’s officials busy responding to the ill-effects of a heroin/opioid epidemic in the SCV are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a drug which can stop an opioid overdose. The…

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