EDGEWATER, Fla. - An 8-year-old Florida boy saved his father’s life this week after using Narcan to reverse a suspected heroin overdose, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said the boy’s father, 44-year-old Daniel Johnson, had shown his son earlier in the day how to administer the medication "in case something happened."

The backstory:

Deputies responded to a home on Cory Drive in Edgewater around 2 p.m., where they found 44-year-old Daniel P. Johnson unconscious but breathing. Investigators said Johnson’s son called 911 and administered Narcan after his father had shown him earlier in the day how to use it "in case something happened."

Authorities said they found drug paraphernalia at the scene, including spoons, needles, and tin foil that later tested posi

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