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In the World of Heroin Overdoses, a Light Called Naloxone

Heroin user Steve Kamenicky has saved several lives using Naloxone to reverse a drug overdose. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Naloxone, a drug used to reverse a heroin overdose is dristributed with other supplies to heroin addicts by the Chicago Recovery Alliance. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

The Chicago Recovery Alliance van parked on 47th Street and Vincennes on the south side of Chicago. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Joe DeCellis, 54, of Berwyn picks up supplies and food in the Chicago Recovery Alliance van in Cicero. DeCellis has saved two people's lives using Naloxone. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Cheryl Hull, left, talks with heroin user Gregory Harper as he watches a video demonstrating how to administer the drug Naloxone in the Chicago Recovery Alliance van. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

DePaul Professor Greg Scott, a volunteer with the Chicago Recovery Alliance, checks on various encampments for heroin addicts on the west side of Chicago. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

An encampment for heroin addictson the west side of Chicago. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

A spent syringe on the ground at an encampment for heroin addicts on the west side of Chicago. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

DePaul Professor and director of research for the Chicago Recovery Alliance, Greg Scott documents an encampment for heroin addicts. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Steve Kamenicky, 52, has saved several lives using Naloxone to reverse a drug overdose. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Heroin users Steve Kamenicky, left, and Vito Basile, center, talk with Greg Scott at the Chicago Recovery Alliance van in Cicero. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Susie Gualtieri, left, helps Steve Kamenicky with supplies at the Chicago Recovery Alliance van. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

Steve Kamenicky leaves with supplies from the Chicago Recovery Alliance van in Cicero. <br><i>Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago News Cooperative</i>

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