Losing one child to a heroin overdose if difficult enough, but losing two children to the same drug is unfathomable. On this episode of Chase The Vase, we speak with Michelle Hamby. Michelle's story is incredibly difficult to share. Michelle, lost her son, Chandler, and her daughter, Breana, to heroin. They were only in their 20s. In Breana’s case, police could have saved her life.
“Police did get here within two minutes, but they did not have Narcan in 2013,” Hamby said. “If they had had it, would they have been the ones that could have saved her?”
Hamby used her heartbreak to advocate for all police officers to carry Narcan so that overdose patients can get the treatment they need as soon as possible, increasing their chances of survival.
In 2015, Hamby convinced the legislature to pass a law putting Narcan in the hands of officers. “Governor Ducey wanted all first responders using it and gave a grant to first responders for free Narcan,” Hamby said.
Michelle shares openly on the podcast about her work during the "Needle exchanges." This is a controversy component that law makers, law enforcement and law-abiding citizens do not agree on.
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