When Laurie Fugitt began hearing about her friends — not just one or two, more like seven — losing, or nearly losing, their children to opiate overdose, she was outraged. As a 17-year nurse at WellStar Health System’s Kennestone Regional Medical Center, she knew there were pharmaceuticals on the market that could reverse an overdose and she didn’t understand why those drugs were not readily available to people in order to save friends or loved ones.
Then she learned of a neighbor’s son…
When Laurie Fugitt began hearing about her friends — not just one or two, more like seven — losing, or nearly losing, their children to opiate overdose, she was outraged. As a 17-year nurse at WellStar Health System’s Kennestone Regional Medical Center, she knew there were pharmaceuticals on the market that could reverse an overdose and she didn’t understand why those drugs were not readily available to people in order to save friends or loved ones.
Then she learned of a neighbor’s son…