Victims of heroin overdoses have a greater shot of surviving now that North Myrtle Beach first responders are authorized to use an antidote called Narcan, but officials believe not all drug abusers will be happy about it.
“Most times when you give this, they are really angry and they start fighting,” said Derrick Heim, health and safety officer for North Myrtle Beach.
“Basically, you just took away the high they paid for — they will absolutely fight,” Heim said.
“When we give this to them, it’s because they are going to die, but this is what saves their life. So they either die, or we give them this and bring them back,” Heim said.