Nestor Garcia hadn’t slept in days when he started dozing off on the frame of his bicycle in U.N. Plaza this summer. His feet slipped from the pedals as he slumped over the handlebars, barely holding himself upright as he fell into a fentanyl stupor. He was in bad shape, he admits. But he contends he was very much alive …
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Redding restaurant staff prepare for fentanyl crisis with Narcan on hand
REDDING, Calif. — Employees at a Redding restaurant and bar are staying prepared as they say they’re seeing the dangers of the fentanyl epidemic. At The Shack in Redding, employees keep a ready supply of Narcan. Bartender and server Julie Mason said this is provided by a local health department. Their staff members all know how to use the medication …
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