The overdose crisis continues to worsen in the U.S., and overdose deaths reached an all-time high in 2021. Experts say that a simple drug — naloxone — is a key tool in preventing more deaths. But not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 14.2% of college students reported knowing how to administer naloxone. Just over 66% felt comfortable ...

You're at a park in Yakima or outside a Lower Valley business when you witness a drug overdose. What do you do? It's not a far-fetched question. In 2024, there were 146 fatal drug overdoses in Yakima ...

Amidst the ongoing opioid epidemic, harm reduction strategies have been essential for reducing the number of deaths by overdose. One of the most important harm reduction strategies is the deployment ...

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the ...

The camera pans across a living room. There are lines of drugs on a coffee table. Panicked voices are heard in the background. "We need an ambulance. My friend won't wake up," one of the people says ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than half of youth improved after receiving a dose of naloxone by emergency medical services (EMS) after an emergency dispatch call, according to research presented on September ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Bay Area mother is handing out free naloxone and training strangers how to use it to combat overdose deaths to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day. Michelle Leopold’s 18 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Narcan is provided on Springfield City Utilities buses for bus drivers to administer if a passenger is overdosing. Springfield City Utilities (CU) bus drivers are trained on ...

Even before a new state law went into effect Jan. 1 requiring public libraries to have opioid overdose-reversing medication on hand, several north suburban libraries had already stocked it and had for ...