Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
Inside a discreet Lakewood building, Patrick Mazzola sought treatment for his substance use disorder, and hopes it is the last time.
Mazzola said he spent the majority of last year sober, but was offered a new supplement while at a head shop one day. He had no idea what would happen next. “This pill is the devil," Mazzola said. “The withdrawal is the worst thing God ever created. And I've withdrawn off drugs. It is awful. Death seemed better than this.”“People call it gas station heroin, because it is a weak opioid antagonist that activates the same areas in your brain that opiates and opioids do as well. And if you take a high enough dose of it, you can get very similar effects," explained Steve Sarin, the communications director of AspenRidge Recovery.
“Right now, it's the Wild West when it comes to some of these unregulated supplements on the market. I think we should call on Congress to do what we all elected them to do, and look out for the American people," said Sarin.
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