International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held annually on August 31. Its purpose is to end overdoses, raise awareness of overdose risks, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths, and ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wright Center has announced they are participating in a state-led initiative to give away free overdose-reversing kits and other harm-reduction supplies.

Through the PULSE coalition, Chenango County businesses or community agencies can apply for a Narcan kit or a wall-mounted ...

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 ...

As a university student living during a toxic drug crisis, I recently decided to take an opioid awareness course to learn about harm reduction and how I can play a part in saving lives. Not only did ...

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office is marking the first year of its naloxone vending machine, saying it was accessed 205 times in ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says he keeps a box of naloxone in his pickup. It’s a lifesaving tool that can fit in the glovebox, and Kobach wants to make the product more accessible to Kansans.

In Vancouver, locations participating in a take-home naloxone program covered an area where about 35% of opioid poisonings historically occurred. With geospatial analysis, researchers found that ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health’s (MSDH) Opioid and Substance Use Program has reached a huge milestone. As of August 20, it has distributed more than 20,000 free ...