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Haven for Hope security officers carry Narcan at all times and save lives
Read full article: Haven for Hope security officers carry Narcan at all times and save livesLife-saving abilities are now constantly at arms reach for the security team at Haven for Hope, which serves a community experiencing homelessness. Haven's Life Safety Officers (LSOs) each have a pouch on their belt labeled naloxone, which has the brand name Narcan.
Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting
Read full article: Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote countingElection officials around the country are stocking up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone after a series of suspicious mailings — some containing traces of fentanyl — were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states.
Nonprofit group will hand out Narcan at ACL Music Festival
Read full article: Nonprofit group will hand out Narcan at ACL Music FestivalThe nonprofit organization, This Must Be the Place, will be handing out Naloxone at ACL as a way to educate people about the dangers of Fentanyl and to get the life-saving opioid reversal medicine in more hands.
Local team’s virtual Narcan training reaches almost half of all Texas counties
Read full article: Local team’s virtual Narcan training reaches almost half of all Texas countiesVirtual training sessions that began during the pandemic have allowed far more people to take the trainings, including people from rural areas and tribal nations.
Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives
Read full article: Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save livesAccess has improved across the U.S. to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — still isn't getting to everyone who needs it.
Texas program that gives out lifesaving drugs to combat opioid overdoses has been out of money for months
Read full article: Texas program that gives out lifesaving drugs to combat opioid overdoses has been out of money for monthsThe state’s federally funded “More Narcan Please” program ran out of money in January, in part due to high demand. Advocates say Texas should invest more in the harm reduction effort.