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Nov 2023
24m 16s

Training heroin users to save their frie...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

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 Murphy

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Image: Wez, who trains heroin users how to administer naloxone

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