With opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone available over-the-counter, many people — drug-users and non-users alike — carry it on-hand in case the need arises. However, if called upon to save a ...

Oregon pharmacists regularly prescribe and dispense naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication that saves lives and can be obtained by anyone. With opioid and fentanyl overdose deaths ...

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, sold under the brand name Narcan, offers an over-the-counter medication that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. Despite efforts to make it more widely available, high prices ...

As the founder of Selah, a Brooklyn-based Jewish community for people in recovery, Arielle Krule aims to train 2,000 people this year to use the emergency medicine. Sitting with about a dozen young ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 14.2% of college students reported knowing how to administer naloxone. Just over 66% felt comfortable ...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - There has been an increased effort across Mid-Michigan to make Narcan more easily accessible. Narcan is commonly found as a nasal spray with Naloxone in it, and it can help ...

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - With an ongoing opioid crisis across North Carolina, leaders in Gaston County are working to inform the public about the situation, and about what resources are available ...

A public education session on the use of Narcan is being held 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St. Narcan is used to combat drug overdoses. Area residents are invited and can ...