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Teaching Skills That Save Lives The United States, unfortunately, losses over 33,000 people annually due to opioid narcotic overdoses. Of those 33,000 people lost, one of the victims was a kid named Kent. “He was a sweet, gentle, very normal child. (Mom 2003)” Kent accidentally overdosed on the painkiller, Oxycodone. Oxycodone is an opioid narcotic prescription medication used to treat acute and chronic pain. Unfortunately, Kent had ingested a plethora of this powerful medication resulting in cardiac arrest that leads to his tragic, and untimely demise. His death was a massive emotional blow to his mother who then quoted, “I’ll never see him live his life and realize his dreams (Mom 2003).” There are many ways this situation could have been avoided, unfortunately, there
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