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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.

Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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People Fixing The World: Training heroin users to save their friends

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The heroin users saving their friends

07/11/2023 GMT

Training heroin users to save their friends

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How drug users in Glasgow are being trained to treat people who have overdosed

How drug users in Glasgow are being trained to treat people who have overdosed.

Heroin users in Scotland are being trained to spot when someone is about to overdose and to step in and help. 

The training – which includes lessons on how to use the antidote naloxone - is often led by people who have themselves been addicts.  

Taxi drivers and police officers are also being trained, and naloxone being widely distributed, as part of a push to save as many lives as possible.

Reporter Craig Langran investigates whether the approach is working.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer: Craig Langran
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Annie Gardiner and Hal Haines
Editor: Penny Murphy

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Image: Wez, who trains heroin users how to administer naloxone

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