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Miguel Angel Nieves calls New Britain's Heroin Problem an "Unrecognized 
Epidemic"

Miguel Angel Nieves, a Green Party candidate for New Britain Mayor released 
the following statement:

   As future Mayor of New Britain, this issue should be an major issue in 
this election. I believe our Heroin use and overdose problem is a big 
concern, as we have already had three deaths in our city. Two men had been 
found dead and a third in a parking lot on Saturday, with ages between the 
ages of 30 and 50.

  Heroin use and its overdoses are unrecognized epidemic in New Britain.

    As a candidate for The New Britain Green Party, we invite the general 
community to follow the following steps that can be taken to prevent heroin 
use and the overdose deaths:

    Listen to the local community about the problems of drug problems with 
community forums, which has been unrecognized by local leaders

    Work to receive more state and federal money to prevent serious drug use 
in our city

    Address treatment and relapse concerns in New Britain with more 
programs, if needed

    Training drug users in self help programs, including CPR and rescue 
breathing

     One of the most effective strategies to prevent deaths is to train our 
City Police in the use of naloxone (Narcan) to help drug users in a case of 
an overdose.Because police officers are often first on the scene of an 
overdose, local police in the area would need to be trained in administering 
naloxone to an overdose victim, much as they would treat a heart-attack 
victim with an electronic defibrillator machine. (Naloxone is a short-acting 
opiate antagonist that, when injected shortly after an overdose, blocks 
heroin's action on the brain and restores breathing.)

Regards,
Miguel Angel Nieves
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