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North Carolina is set to receive $150 million from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the opioid crisis.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro was among those trained in “lifesaving techniques” such as “Stop the Bleed” and administration of the overdose antidote Narcan when Quinnipiac University nursing ...
Oklahoma's mental health agency is relaunching its naloxone vending machine initiative, shifting responsibility for stocking the machines to local community partners, according to a KGOU report. The ...
Here's how southeast Colorado is fighting back against opioid and polydrug use with funding obtained through a lawsuit ...
Oklahoma's mental health agency plans to redistribute naloxone vending machines to new locations across the state, shifting ...
Dr. Stephen Loyd is the chief medical officer of Cedar Recovery, president of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners and a ...
Vending machines filled with free harm-reduction products for people with drug addictions will likely be installed on the ...
It’s the first of its kind in the state, a vending machine in Newton County is providing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone ...
The overdose reversal drug naloxone is plentiful but not always accessible. The city of San Diego and the Harm Reduction ...
Beginning in March, the Wilson County Substance Prevention Coalition began strategically placing naloxone vending machines throughout the county. There are six in various locations: ...
A draft budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services would cut funding to a crucial program that equips first responders with naloxone. The opioid antagonist, which can be ...
The story, entitled “Ukiah High takes action against the opioid crisis,” detailed the school’s years-long efforts to obtain and stock naloxone (often called by the brand name “Narcan”) a ...