Man who trained people to use life-saving anti-overdose drug loses his own battle with addiction

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Man who trained people to use life-saving anti-overdose drug loses his own battle with addiction
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A recovering drug addict who trained thousands of people to save overdose victims died Saturday after 'he lost his battle with addiction,' his obituary said. He was 40 years old.

A recovering drug addict who trained thousands of people to save overdose victims died Saturday after"he lost his battle with addiction," his obituary said. He was 40 years old.

Kevin Donovan trained people to use Narcan, a drug that reverses the effects of an overdose. After going through recovery for his own addiction issues, he wanted to teach people to use the drug, according to Wil Murtaugh, Executive Director for ACR Health in Syracuse, New York, where Donovan worked.Murtaugh said in his two years as a full-time employee, Donovan was"a warrior in Narcan training." He helped cover nine counties in central New York.

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