Two drug counselors at addiction facility found dead of overdoses
05/26/2017 1:33 pm PDT
via WJW
WEST BRANDYWINE, Pa. -- (WJW) -- Two counselors at a Pennsylvania addiction treatment center were found dead Sunday of drug overdoses, according to the Chester County district attorney.
Emergency responders found the counselors in their own rooms at the Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge in West Brandywine Township around 2:15 p.m.
"If anybody is wondering how bad the opioid epidemic has become, this case is a frightening example," District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a press release. "The staff members in charge of supervising recovering addicts succumbed to their own addiction and died of opioid overdoses."
The two were in charge of helping the six residents of the halfway house with their daily routines. They were also the entrusted with the keys to the residents' medications.
Police found needles and baggies stamped with "Superman" and "Danger/Skull & Crossbones" logos near their bodies. Preliminary toxicology tests were positive for both heroin and fentanyl, according to the district attorney.
"Opioids are a monster that is slowly consuming our population," Hogan said.
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