Three people believed to be suffering drug overdoses in Ukiah Tuesday were revived with the use of Narcan, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported.
According to the MCSO, deputies responded to the 1400 block of North Bush Street in Ukiah around 1:15 a.m. June 24 after reportedly overhearing “radio traffic regarding three unresponsive subjects located in an apartment” in the area.
When deputies arrived at the apartment complex, they reported finding a 55-year-old Ukiah woman “who was unresponsive and laying prone near the front door of the residence.” Then inside the apartment, deputies reported finding two men who were also unresponsive and later identified as a 36-year-old Ukiah man and a 31-year-old Ukiah man.
“Based on the circumstances known to deputies from the medical dispatch, it was suspected the three adult subjects who were unresponsive may be suffering from an unintentional drug overdose,” the MCSO explained in a press release, explaining that deputies then “administered two, 4MG doses of Narcan nasal spray on all three of the unresponsive subjects.”
After the Narcan was administered, the deputies reported noticing the three people “began breathing, (then) medical personnel arrived at the scene and transported all three subjects to Adventist Health Ukiah Valley for further medical treatment.”
The deputies also reported seeing “drug paraphernalia and suspected controlled substances inside the apartment, which were seized for destruction.” The MCSO also noted that “pursuant to California Law (11376.5 Health and Safety Code), law enforcement cannot charge individuals for possession of a controlled substance or paraphernalia, or being under the influence of a controlled substance at the scene of a suspected overdose.”
As previously reported, the MCSO “began to issue NARCAN® (Naloxone HCI) nasal spray dosage units to its employees (in April of 2019) as part of their assigned personal protective equipment, (with the goal of) protecting the public and officers from opioid overdoses. The antidote can reverse the effects of an overdose for up to an hour, but anyone who administers the overdose reversal medication in a non-medical setting is advised to seek emergency medical help right away.”
Mendocino County Sheriff Matthew C. Kendall was quoted in the press release as thanking “Mendocino County Public Health for providing the Narcan nasal units to the Sheriff’s Office free of charge as part of the Free Narcan Grant from the California Department of Public Health,” and adding that since April of 2019, “there have now been 23 separate situations wherein Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Staff have administered NARCAN and saved the lives of 23 overdosing individuals in need of the lifesaving antidote medication.”
Also, the MCSO notes, in October of 2021 it “received a grant from the California Naloxone Distribution Project through the Department of Health Care Services to help maintain an inventory of the life saving antidote. This grant was renewed in 2023 where the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office received additional NARCAN dosage units for the Field Services Division and Corrections Division,” and again Kendall expressed thanks to “the California Naloxone Distribution Project through the Department of Health Care Services for awarding the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office with the Naloxone grants to better help protect his employees and the public.”
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