Tag: DRUG OVERDOSES
Florida moms overdose on heroin in SUV with infants in backseat
Two Florida mothers overdosed on heroin in a car on Thursday — with a pair of infants in the backseat.
Kristen Leigh O’Connor, 28, and 29-year-old June Schweinhart would tell cops in Boynton Beach that they met in a drug treatment program and bonded during their pregnancies.
O’Connor told investigators she picked up Schweinhart in the SUV and they bought $60 worth of heroin from her old drug dealer.
“For whatever reason, they decided yesterday to buy heroin and then snorted it while inside the car with their children,” the Boynton Beach Police Department wrote on Facebook on Friday.
When one of the women began to overdose, the other one called 911 for help. But then she started convulsing, according to cops.
“Oh my God, oh my God,” O’Connor said she heard Schweinhart say, according to the Palm Beach Post.
A passerby saw what was going on and took the phone and spoke with the dispatcher. The Florida Department of Children and Families took custody of the babies before turning them over to relatives. O’Connor and Schweinhart were charged with child neglect and taken to jail after being released from the hospital.
A judge ruled Friday that O’Connor can be with her child only when the baby’s grandmother is present, according to the Palm Beach Post.
The babies were one month and two months old, respectively, the newspaper reported.
“We hope this serves as a wake-up call for these moms, and that they seek further treatment for their addiction,” cops said.
Cops save 11-year-old girl who overdosed on heroin
A Pennsylvania girl was revived with the antidote Narcan after she overdosed on heroin in her home last week, police said.
A family member found the unresponsive girl, who was not identified, in her room in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Post-Gazette. Several stamp bags of heroin were reportedly found nearby.
The family member performed CPR on the 11-year-old until paramedics arrived. The paramedics administered Narcan, which blocks the effects of opioids, on the girl and revived her.
She was rushed to the hospital and was said to be in critical condition on Thursday.
Investigators later found the heroin in the room, with at least one of the stamp bags open. The girl’s sister told the Post-Gazette her family didn’t know the 11-year-old was using heroin or where she even got the drug.
The girl was a sixth grade student at South Hills Middle School, according to the newspaper.
Overdose deaths have been rising in Allegheny County within the last eight years. In 2016, there were 613 reported overdose deaths in the county, nearly double the amount from the year before, according to OverdoseFreePA.org.
Naloxone has been widely used as an emergency treatment during drug overdoses. The FDA-approved medication helps restore breathing in patients within 2 to 8 minutes.
via: http://nypost.com/2017/05/08/cops-save-11-year-old-girl-who-overdosed-on-heroin/