Naloxone is the emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other opiates or opioids (such as methadone, morphine, nitazenes and fentanyl). The main life-threatening effect of heroin and other opiates is to slow down and stop breathing. Naloxone blocks this effect and reverses the breathing difficulties. Naloxone is a prescription-only medicine, so pharmacies cannot […]
A former prisoner who died a day after being released should have been given a drug overdose kit, an investigation has found. Michael Fox, 43, died of drug poisoning on 15 March 2022, the day after his release from HMP Humber. A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, who investigate the deaths of prisoners […]
A young woman died from drug toxicity a few days after she was released from New Hall prison, near Huddersfield. Leanne Lytollis was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison for theft in November last year and was sent to HMP New Hall. She was released on December 5, but was recalled to prison on December 11 […]