From honor roll to heroin: Staten Island man details path to addiction and recovery

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Michael Murdocco believes he’s overdosed at least twice.

Waking up in his car one night in front of the home of someone from whom he had purchased heroin, he vaguely recalls firefighters putting him in an ambulance after administering naloxone — a medication that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.

“I told them I was taking a nap,” he said. “But everyone knew I wasn’t taking a nap.”…

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