Dramatic footage shows the first time UK police inject a heroin addict with a potentially life-saving drug - only to discover the man was just asleep. West Midlands Police is the first force in the country to train officers how to use naloxone which can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. Bodycam footage showed the moment officers in Birmingham administered the drug to a suspected heroin addict who had passed out in the street. Naloxone is an emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other drugs including methadone, morphine and fentanyl. 'Officers will be able to instantly administer the life-saving drug should they come across anyone experiencing an opiate overdose while out and about in the city.

Source: Daily Mail November 08, 2019 11:35 UTC