How someone goes about getting and giving the life-saving treatment commonly known as "Narcan". Naloxone, commonly known as “Narcan” is an over-the-counter treatment that can save a life in an opioid ...

A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — The Liberty Fire Department is increasing its efforts to battle the opioid crisis with a new initiative that involves distributing Narcan. Naloxone, or Narcan, is a lifesaving ...

On Oct. 30, University of Oregon Substance Abuse Prevention and Education held a training session to demonstrate how to administer Narcan, known as naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an ...

The city of Durango has installed Narcan kits at public locations after receiving them as a donation from Mothers for Awareness and Prevention of Drug Abuse. Narcan, a nasal spray that reverses the ...

A proposal to expand life-saving overdose response resources across Dougherty County isn’t winning wide support with ...

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 ...

Long Island has boosted the availability of Naloxone, the commonly available brand of the drug known as Narcan, to curb opioid-related overdose deaths, including fentanyl. Data shows that it just ...

The opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone is available for free at a new vending machine in Downtown Pittsburgh. The machine, outside the Allegheny County Human Services building at 1 Smithfield St., ...

Naloxone Texas has launched a campaign to get the overdose first-aid medication naloxone, known under the brand name Narcan, into the hands of college students. In Austin, Naloxone Texas is working ...

BIBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Education is launching a statewide initiative to place Narcan in more than 2,300 public schools — a move aimed at combating rising opioid overdoses.

Alcohol and Drug Counselor Jere Brewer, left, and Lauren Russell, a postdoctoral student, distribute naloxone kits to UAMS employees. Credit: Milo Strain The University of Arkansas for Medical ...