Knocking On Doors To Get Opioid Overdose Survivors Into Treatment [npr.org]

Alicia Doktor 10/25/1812:00 PM

Larrecsa Cox is a paramedic, but instead of an ambulance with flashing lights and sirens, she drives around in an old, white sedan.

Her first call on a recent day in Huntington, W.Va, was to a quiet, middle-class neighborhood.

"He overdosed yesterday," Cox says. "And I think we've been here before. I'm almost 100 percent sure we've been to this house before."

[For more on this story by SARAH MCCAMMON, go to https://www.npr.org/sections/h...ivors-into-treatment]

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