Training heroin users to save their friends

People Fixing the World - A podcast by BBC World Service - Tuesdays

Heroin users in Scotland are being trained to spot when someone is about to overdose and to step in and help.The training – which includes lessons on how to use the antidote naloxone - is often led by people who have themselves been addicts.Taxi drivers and police officers are also being trained, and naloxone being widely distributed, as part of a push to save as many lives as possible.Reporter Craig Langran investigates whether the approach is working.Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer: Craig Langran Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Annie Gardiner and Hal Haines Editor: Penny MurphyEmail: [email protected]: Wez, who trains heroin users how to administer naloxone

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