HSE hosting free training events for treatment that can reverse drug overdoses

The HSE wants to educate drug-users and their families about a treatment called Naloxone, that can reverse the effects of overdose.

Latest figures show that almost 700 people died in Ireland from an overdose in 2015, with 40% of them not alone at the time.

It comes as the HSE said it wants to educate drug-users and their families about a treatment called Naloxone, that can reverse the effects of overdose.