Heroin users to be given antidote

Heroin addicts, their friends, and immediate relations are to be provided with a series of measures, including an antidote to the Class A drug, in an effort to prevent deaths from overdosing.

Nearly 90 fatalities from heroin and other opiates overdoses have been reported in Cork City in the past 11 years.

The HSE’s Drug and Alcohol Service is planning to give out the drug naloxone to addicts and those who would have frequent contact with them.