Opioid-class drugs are commonly prescribed as powerful pain medications in both humans and animals, though they can also be ...

A recent study conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that nearly one-third of U.S. adults know someone who has died from a drug overdose. To combat this crisis, the ...

There has been a lot of attention on the charges filed against the former COO of the Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego involving alleged misuse of county grant funds that were designated for ...

FitzHenry’s Funeral Home, under the leadership of General Manager Marie Finkes, hosted a Narcan (naloxone) training session ...

ON DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT THE ESCALATING OPIOID CRISIS IN NEW MEXICO. PROJECT ECHO AT UNM HEALTH AND SCIENCES CENTER IS PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING BERNALILLO COUNTY ...

Community Paramedic Matt Cushman of the Raytown Fire Protection District places a nasal spray of Naloxone HCl into a case attached to his keychain on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Kansas City. Naloxone, ...

Stilly Valley Health Connections and other Snohomish County health organizations held an overdose prevention and training ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -Overdoses continue to impact Schenectady and surrounding counties. A free naloxone training has been scheduled for this Monday and Tuesday to help keep the community ...

In late May, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office announced that the New York Police Department would receive $1.2 million dollars to equip every patrol officer with Naloxone, a drug that can ...

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

**Editor’s Note: This article has been corrected to clarify the date of the training, which is Wednesday, September 24, 2025. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County’s Behavioral Health Education ...

Ray Rath remembers the apprehension he felt the first time he spoke to a room of law enforcement officers as an instructor training first responders on how to respond to overdoses. He’s spent several ...