A Charleston based non-profit recently made a trip to Myrtle Beach to hand out Narcan kits, followning 10 overdose deaths in an 8 day period in Horry County.
But, the family of one local addict says they feel that handing out Narcan is allowing addicts to get as high as they wan without the fear of death.
It’s been exactly one year since Chris Canada says his brother Jesse overdosed on Heroin and had to be revived at the Conway Medical Center.
“It took two shots to get him back and he wasn’t grateful at all, he looked at it ‘Oh Cool, now I’ve overdosed and lived through it, he’s done nothing but brag about it for the past year.” said Canada.
Canada says rather than just handing out Narcan, recovery needs to be an easier process.
“They have to apply and be accepted, say if you go and do something through the court you have to go through probate court.” said Canada.
Medics with the Myrtle Beach Fire Department say it varies how many overdose calls they’ll get in a day.
“Sometimes it’s more than once a week, sometimes it’s more than once a shift. Sometimes not at all, it just kind of depends what kind of ” said Bowers.
Sometimes he says they will see patients who they’ve had to help once before.
“There’s repeat offenders that stay in the area and continuously do it and they know we’re going to fix things. For lack of a better term.
