Deputies save lives with opioid antidote By AMY FRIEDENBERGER BH News Service May 15, 2017 May 15, 2017 Updated May 16, 2019 0 Sheriff Bill Overton (left) and Deputy Timmy Burton watch as Deputy Megan Patterson demonstrates how naloxone kits are used. File Photo Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the nine months since Franklin County deputies began carrying an antidote to opioid overdoses, they've administered the drug to 10 people.kAm%96 }2E:@?2= $96C:77VD pDD@4:2E:@? :DDF65 2 C6A@CE E9:D >@?E9 23@FE E96 AC@8C6DD D96C:77VD @77:46D 92G6 >256 D:?46 A2CE?6C:?8 H:E9 !FC5F6 !92C>2 E@ 2C> 56AFE:6D H:E9 ?2=@I@?6]k^AmkAm%96 D96C:77VD 2DD@4:2E:@? 92D EC2:?65 >@C6 E92? e__ 56AFE:6D 2?5 @77:46CD H:E9 2 5@K6? 286?4:6D E@ 25>:?:DE6C ?2=@I@?6] %9C66 286?4:6D[ :?4=F5:?8 uC2?<=:? r@F?EJ[ 2C6 :? ':C8:?:2]k^Am kAmw6C6VD H92E uC2?<=:? r@F?EJ $96C:77 q:== ~G6CE@? 925 E@ D2J 23@FE @?6 :?4:56?E :? 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