21-Year-Old Avon Lake Man Saved By Anti-Overdose Drug

WESTLAKE, OH — At 1:40 a.m. last Tuesday, a woman called police and said her friend, an Avon Lake man, was barely breathing and was turning blue. Police rushed to an apartment on Detroit Road.

Once they arrived, officers found a 21-year-old Avon Lake resident that was unresponsive. Several doses of Narcan — an anti-overdose drug — were administered to the man before he started to regain consciousness. Westlake Fire arrived and took the man to a local hospital.

Investigators found two types of possible drugs: loose powder and pills. There was also a rolled up dollar bill and other drug paraphernalia found in the apartment.

Police have requested warrants for possession of drugs, an officer said.

A Westlake Police spokesperson said that a records check on the 21-year-old that was taken to the hospital revealed that he had overdosed at the same apartment in April of this year.

There were 4,050 overdose deaths in Ohio in 2016, the last year data is available from the Ohio Department of Health. Nearly 58 percent of those deaths were connected to fentanyl, a heroin analogue.

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