MASHPEE – Officers saved a Mashpee man who apparently overdosed on heroin with Narcan early Sunday morning.
Mashpee police responded to a home after midnight to find a man in the bathroom with a blue face along with evidence of heroin use.
Officers administered Narcan, a drug used to reverse the effects of opioides, and the victim regained consciousness.
Mashpee fire and rescue crews arrived and took over treatment and transported the man to the hospital.
This is the sixth recent use of Narcan by Mashpee Police.