Available are $50,000 grants coming from the litigation agreement with several pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturer ...

People can come inside and ask for free naloxone when the clinic is open in the mornings, Holsomback said. After closing for ...

Opioid overdose deaths have decreased for 12 months, with 70,655 predicted deaths through June 2024, down from 86,401 in June ...

A large purple box now stands in the entrance hallway of SELF Discovery, a three-phase intensive outpatient program provider for drug and alcohol abuse. Tall with an openable face, the box is ...

In a local effort to address the opioid crisis, San Luis Obispo County Health officials have placed more than 20 kits across ...

REVIVE! is Virginia’s Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education Program that trains individuals on the administration of ...

There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to provisional Centers for ...

Some signs indicate efforts like the ones in Boston could be helping.

Naloxone, or Narcan, is a treatment that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose and is most commonly in the form of a nasal spray. The Ohio Department of Health has increased the number of naloxone ...

NaloxBoxes are self-contained, publicly accessible units that house essential tools for emergency overdose response, ...

Because of their resolve, we are proud to offer schools more than just naloxone. We can offer confidence in the safety of our school campuses and parental peace of mind,” Geyer added. The drug is ...

To address this trend, Johnson County Ambulance Services, or JCAS, has started the planning phase of a new Narcan distribution program, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses that is also known ...