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Baltimore County Public Libraries are now offering naloxone at all branches and providing Narcan training as part of a ...
Baltimore County Public Library offers naloxone at all branches to combat opioid overdoses, with staff trained to use it and ...
Johnson County will begin rolling out vending machines stocked with Narcan, condoms, gun locks and Plan B this month.
A new vending machine-style system removes barriers to obtaining a life-saving opioid reversal drug, part of Michigan's Open ...
Certain school district officials now are armed with the ability to administer naloxone in the case of suspected opioid overdose upon Columbiana school property, after a lengthy board meeting Tuesday ...
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says he keeps a box of naloxone in his pickup truck. It’s a lifesaving tool that can fit ...
With increasing age, older adults are more likely to encounter health conditions and injuries that require opioid therapy for ...
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Narcan Saves Lives

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist. This means the nasal spray works by blocking the effects of opioids in the brain. When ...
Building Bridges to Recovery will participate in Save a Life Day on Thursday, Sept. 25, marking the largest day of free ...
Naloxone reverses an overdose for up to about 90 minutes, but opioids can stay in the system for longer, so it’s still important for the person to receive medical attention after receiving the drug.
Naloxone is an “ opioid antagonist,” according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which means it blocks chemicals in the opioid family (such as heroin, oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl ...
When Utah Naloxone was founded in 2015, Utah’s naloxone access law had already been in place for about a year. But Plumb said she and Sam still weren’t seeing the medication being supplied and ...