LAS VEGAS — Robert Banghart’s life was saved by naloxone twice in one evening when he overdosed from heroin.
Banghart, a 47-year-old Las Vegas resident, was living under a bridge at the time when he took his usual dose of heroin and overdosed. Luckily the people he was with had naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug that a recovery foundation had provided. After he woke up from the hospital, he left, only to overdose again hours later.
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