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 ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Narcan nasal spray can reverse opioid overdoses, and Massachusetts lawmakers are working to pass a bill that will make the treatment more accessible. A Tuesday State House event ...

One county in Tennessee is finding a new way to fight the opioid epidemic. Health officials in Carter County are teaching children as young as six years old how to use naloxone, the New York Times ...

OLD IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ALL 50 STATES TOOK PART IN THE SAVE A LIFE DAY TODAY AS PART OF THE EVENT, FREE NARCAN WAS HANDED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WLKY MEGAN MATTHEWS WENT TO ONE OF THE METRO ...

On a Saturday afternoon last year, more than a dozen teenagers gathered in Denver to learn about naloxone, a medicinal nasal spray that can reverse an overdose of the synthetic drug fentanyl and other ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States’ fight against the opioid crisis. It reverses an opioid overdose nearly instantly, restarting ...

The U.S. Surgeon General issued a rare national advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids. Naloxone is a medication designed to ...

It is time for Narcan to be quickly available throughout the state. We have seen how it saves lives. As defibrillators are posted for use in an emergency, so should Narcan. Narcan is the brand name ...