CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — ABC stores in Mecklenburg County are now stocked with naloxone – better known under the brand Narcan – to help in an emergency to reverse a drug overdose.

As overdose deaths in Minnesota decline, Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota install free emergency naloxone. Overdose deaths dropped by about 24% in the U.S. in 2024, a decline nearly ...

When fentanyl is mixed with a stimulant like eutylone, Narcan may not be effective. “Our Task Force is extremely concerned about this discovery,” Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck said.

Prefilled devices that spray naloxone into the nose are available at all of the harm reduction stations. Detroit Fire Department paramedic Christopher Porreca explained that patients in need of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday to provide naloxone to people leaving jails and prisons if they were incarcerated for drug-related charges or have a ...

A local organization is working to track down the person responsible for clearing out multiple save-a-life naloxone stations across Oakland County in the last few weeks. "We've seen a great ...

“SRS practices observed during the audit were not always transparent and defensible,” the audit warned in June 2024. “For example, sample-based testing identified that: over half of the ...

STAWSZ SAYS THAT'S IN PART DUE TO THE INCREASE IN NARCAN'S AVAILABILITY....WHICH CAN REVERSE THE AFFECTS OF SOME OPIOIDS.. HE SAYS MOST OF THE STATE SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING THAT TREND OF IMPROVEMENT.

Emily’s Hope, in partnership with Sanford Health, has opened two new naloxone distribution boxes in Sioux Falls. The repurposed newspaper boxes make naloxone (commonly referred by its brand name ...

Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. If you walk through the main doors of Sanford hospital or its emergency room in Sioux Falls, you’ll see dispenser boxes stocked with ...