An OPEN LETTER to … Those Receiving Overdose Warnings …

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To the Registered:

Another text was sent this morning at 6:36 a.m.:

“WPD Crime Analysis: Possible overdose trend/spike, Wheeling area. Narcan available at Health Dept. between 9-4, M-F Phone (304) 234-3682

Please share the info on social media.

The police department distributes that information when a “bad batch” is being trafficked and police officers have been called to several scenes where overdoses have taken place. Local leaders have reported the majority of drug overdoses are caused by fentanyl these days because drug dealers are trying to have the “hottest hits.”

This is not political. This is about life or death. No one is asking you to administer Narcan, only to spread the word about the “bad batch” so the warnings reach the addicts somehow. The collateral damage and ripple effects of this never-ending drug epidemic have twisted and altered our society, and these days far too many children are growing without their mothers and fathers.

We all hate it. We all want it to end. The very least you can do is share the warnings, so maybe you can help save a life.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

The Impacted

p.s. Individuals can register to receive the warnings by visiting here.

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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