NEW CITY – Last year in Rockland County,
24 people died from opioid drug overdoses. So far this year, 17 people
have died and that has District Attorney Thomas Zugibe concerned.
There is a much more potent version of heroin on the streets lately with
the drug laced with fentanyl, which can very easily kill the drug abuser,
Zugibe said.
The nasal spray pharmaceutical Narcan has saved many lives, but the DA
has a warning about that.
“Narcan has been extremely successful in terms of interdicting death
in many, many cases. I just hope we are not relying on it too much as
a crutch and I am hoping that a lot of young people aren’t too aware
that it is present and therefore are taking more chances, which is always
the other side of the coin,” he said.
Zugibe warned of fentanyl-laced heroin stamped with the names “Best
Buy,” Red Devil,” and “Bugatti.”
