A LIFE-SAVING treatment for drug overdoses has saved as many as 100 lives, even in cases where officers were "convinced the casualty was dead", police have said.
Nearly 4000 Naloxone kits have been issued so far north of the Border, with Police Scotland set to eventually equip 12,500 officers with the drug which helps treat opioid-related overdoses.
Officers across Scotland have now given Naloxone to people suffering life-threatening situations which could have been liked to an overdose of a opioid drug such as heroin.
