The overdose crisis continues to worsen in the U.S., and overdose deaths reached an all-time high in 2021. Experts say that a simple drug — naloxone — is a key tool in preventing more deaths. But not ...

This past Wednesday, the Substance Use Prevention Program, which is part of the University of Connecticut’s Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) held a documentary screening and Narcan (naloxone) ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — ABC stores in Mecklenburg County are now stocked with naloxone – better known under the brand Narcan – to help in an emergency to reverse a drug overdose. It’s part ...

Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose. But there is a solution, public health officials say: Carry naloxone, even if you don’t think you know anyone who uses opioids.

Naloxone can save a person's life by reversing a potentially fatal opioid overdose, and is now available as an over-the-counter medication. Unfortunately, there's a very significant catch. A ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KFVS) - Public libraries in Illinois can now supply and administer opioid overdose reversal agents on their premises. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has added ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than half of youth improved after receiving a dose of naloxone by emergency medical services (EMS) after an emergency dispatch call, according to research presented on September ...

Oak Lawn, Ill.-based Advocate Christ Medical Center’s pharmacy now provides certain emergency department patients with a free naloxone kit before discharge, making Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate ...

Even before a new state law went into effect Jan. 1 requiring public libraries to have opioid overdose-reversing medication on hand, several north suburban libraries had already stocked it and had for ...

The camera pans across a living room. There are lines of drugs on a coffee table. Panicked voices are heard in the background. "We need an ambulance. My friend won't wake up," one of the people says ...