San Mateo County is thinking "outside of the box" to reduce overdose deaths by installing purple boxes stocked with free ...

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 ...

Dear Eric: This is in reference to “Worried in Wisconsin,” from a substance abuse clinician who was concerned about a niece’s opioid abuse. Speaking as a physician, make sure everyone in your niece’s ...

The Foxboro Health Department is working with the SAFE Coalition to offer Narcan training courses free of charge. The next ...

OLD IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ALL 50 STATES TOOK PART IN THE SAVE A LIFE DAY TODAY AS PART OF THE EVENT, FREE NARCAN WAS HANDED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WLKY MEGAN MATTHEWS WENT TO ONE OF THE METRO ...

Since 2023, overdose deaths have dropped 27% nationally. That same year, Narcan — also called naloxone — became available ...

Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of a mass overdose event in Baltimore Thursday. The city, as part of its ...

Public school officials statewide administered medication to reverse an opioid overdose 32 times during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Who received the ...

Two Narcan vending machines now sit in different areas of Victoria, giving resources to the public to stop opioid overdoses. One sits outside the Mid-Coast Family Services offices on Navarro Street ...