South Carolina is marking Naloxone Awareness Day on Jan. 23, urging residents to learn how to recognize and respond to opioid ...
CORNING, N.Y. (WETM)— The Southeast Steuben County Library hosted a NARCAN training event on Wednesday, Jan. 21, to educate ...
Dear Eric: This is in reference to “Worried in Wisconsin,” from a substance abuse clinician who was concerned about a niece’s opioid abuse. Speaking as a physician, make sure everyone in your niece’s ...
The U.S. Surgeon General issued a rare national advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids. Naloxone is a medication designed to ...
You're at a park in Yakima or outside a Lower Valley business when you witness a drug overdose. What do you do? It's not a far-fetched question. In 2024, there were 146 fatal drug overdoses in Yakima ...
OLD IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ALL 50 STATES TOOK PART IN THE SAVE A LIFE DAY TODAY AS PART OF THE EVENT, FREE NARCAN WAS HANDED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WLKY MEGAN MATTHEWS WENT TO ONE OF THE METRO ...
NORTH ADAMS — “Hi, we’re here with Berkshire Overdose and Addiction Prevention Collaboration handing out Narcan and showing people how to use it, so you can have it on hand in case you ever see ...
Shortly after noon on Friday, exactly 1,167 Analy High School students made history by taking part in what is now officially the largest number of people to be trained, at one time, to use Narcan to ...
Even before a new state law went into effect Jan. 1 requiring public libraries to have opioid overdose-reversing medication ...
It is time for Narcan to be quickly available throughout the state. We have seen how it saves lives. As defibrillators are posted for use in an emergency, so should Narcan. Narcan is the brand name ...