CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - Horry County is considering making people who overdose on narcotics spend three days in jail.
New outlets reports that County Council Chairman Mark Lazarus asked during a meeting Monday how the county where Myrtle Beach is located could implement such a law. Lazarus would also like a requirement that those who overdose get mandatory substance abuse treatment.
County emergency personnel are equipped with Narcon, a nasal spray that resuscitates those who overdose on heroin and other narcotics. Law enforcement officials expect Narcon will be used in the county 1,000 times this year.
Lazarus says a law putting people in jail for overdosing would not discourage them from getting from medical help because they are generally unconscious and someone else calls emergency workers.
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