All Georgia public schools to get Narcan as part of effort ‘to turn tragedy into prevention’

The program to combat the opioid crisis and save lives was announced by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and ...

Narcan kits coming to every public school in Georgia

A statewide initiative will provide opioid overdose reversal kits to every public school in Georgia. More than 2,300 public ...
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Narcan vending machine coming to Singing River Gulfport Hospital

Singing River is putting the Narcan vending machine in through a partnership with the Reach Impact Institute, Fund Recovery, ...
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Narcan Vending Machines Now in Service at Three Sedalia Locations

The Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Pettis County Health Center, one of three ...

A biotech company is beginning trials for a fentanyl vaccine. The CEO says it ‘could completely change’ how overdoses are treated

Unlike Narcan — drug name Naloxone — which reverses the effects of overdoses, ARMR is developing a vaccine that he describes ...
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Regina’s safe consumption site says recent overdose deaths are preventable

Emile Gariepy, with the Friendship Centre, said he has noticed a shift in how clients are reacting to these drugs. He said ...
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Meet the high school student who trained district principals how to use naloxone

For the past two years, Grade 12 student Alexa Meekison has been training people in her community how to use Naloxone, including several principals in Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools ...

Local school nurses equipped with Narcan as opioid crisis reaches classrooms

Toledo Public Schools has placed Narcan in emergency kits throughout high school buildings, stored behind glass and ready for immediate use when overdoses occur. “We did not have anything in our ...