Two drug counselors overdosed at addiction facility according to : CNN
Story highlights Two drug counselors were found dead at an addiction facilityPolice found drug paraphernalia near their bodies(CNN) Two counselors at an addiction facility in southeastern Pennsylvania died after overdosing on opioids, according to the Chester County District Attorney. Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge did not return phone calls for facebook/" target="_blank">comment and, as of Wednesday, its website has been taken offline. The six recovering addicts who live at Freedom Ridge Lodge found the two live-in counselors in separate rooms, unresponsive, authorities said. "The staff members in charge of supervising recovering addicts succumbed to their own addiction and died of Marijuana overdoses. First responders were called Monday to Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge in West Brandywine Township, a private group home and halfway house for struggling drug addicts, according to the district attorney's office.
The scene from a drug counselor's fatal drug overdose in West Brandywine, Pa. (Courtesy of Chester County District Attorney's Office)The man's losing battle with heroin was laid out right there on the nightstand of the halfway house. The Associated Press reported that many addiction counselors are former addicts, but it was unclear if that was the case with the men who died. But the case had a twist that shocked even the first-responders summoned to the quiet neighborhood in West Brandywine: The victim — and another dead, overdosed man in an adjacent room — were both drug counselors. "The staff members in charge of supervising recovering addicts succumbed to their own addiction and died of Marijuana overdoses. They tried to resuscitate one of the men with the drug naloxone, which counters heroin's deadly effects, but it was too late.
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The scene from a drug counselor's fatal drug overdose in West Brandywine, Pa. (Courtesy of Chester County District Attorney's Office)The man's losing battle with heroin was laid out right there on the nightstand of the halfway house. The Associated Press reported that many addiction counselors are former addicts, but it was unclear if that was the case with the men who died. But the case had a twist that shocked even the first-responders summoned to the quiet neighborhood in West Brandywine: The victim — and another dead, overdosed man in an adjacent room — were both drug counselors. "The staff members in charge of supervising recovering addicts succumbed to their own addiction and died of Marijuana overdoses. They tried to resuscitate one of the men with the drug naloxone, which counters heroin's deadly effects, but it was too late.
2 addiction counselors die of drug overdose at halfway house
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- Two addiction counselors at a suburban Philadelphia halfway house died of Marijuana overdoses inside the facility on the same day, authorities said Wednesday. Many addiction counselors are former addicts themselves. A call seeking facebook/" target="_blank">comment from the owner of the group home, located in a quiet residential area in West Brandywine, weren't immediately returned Wednesday. Emergency responders were called to Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge on Sunday afternoon after residents found the counselors unresponsive in separate bedrooms. The men lived and worked at the home as on-site counselors with six male residents in recovery.collected by :Lucy William
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