LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — According to the Arkansas Drug Take Back program, on average there are 188 Americans die every day from a drug overdose. A new UAMS program now aims to lower that number and save ...
Don't wait until an employee or customer overdoses on opioids at your business to consider implementing a workplace naloxone program. Naloxone is a life-saving opioid overdose treatment that is ...
(CNN) — A Columbia University student walking down a street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side saved a man from dying from an opioid overdose using training he received at the university. Justin Tsui, a ...
ROCHESTER — A group of about 25 University of Minnesota Rochester students and staff spent their Friday afternoons learning about naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, and how to give ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — To fight the opioid epidemic ravaging Western New York, the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) joined forces with the Erie County Department of ...
In March of this year, Ukiah High School sophomore and UHS News reporter Zach Stewart submitted a story to the Times-Standard’s sister publication, the Ukiah Daily Journal. The story, entitled “Ukiah ...
For years, prevention specialists with Face to Face have given harm reduction tools to keep clients safe, including the ...
A new program that allows naloxone to be mailed to those who want it is being credited with helping reduce the number of fatal overdoses in the state. This May 13, 2015 file photo shows the contents ...
The Trump administration has named overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, but a preliminary budget proposal that was recently leaked suggests that it would cut about two dozen ...
WEST CHESTER — Individuals, businesses, community organizations, restaurant and hospitality employees, and others interested in learning how to properly administer Naloxone to those experiencing a ...
FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County will use almost $4,000 from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership to buy naloxone and provide overdose response training as part of its Community Rebuilding ...