Johnson County is planning to place six vending machines containing free doses of naloxone — a medication that works to ...

Chase Away Fentanyl founder Alan Vickers said the most affordable option he can find now is $24 for one box of two doses and ...

The Madison Police Department has announced its involvement in National Deflection Week, an initiative designed to assist ...

A Riverside County resident died from an overdose involving carfentanil, a synthetic opioid health officials say is 100 times ...

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the naloxone distribution program would gut programs that train and equip ...

A Lacey firefighter saved a puppy exposed to fentanyl by giving it naloxone at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning.

Naloxone is an “opioid antagonist,” according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which means it blocks chemicals in the opioid family (such as heroin, oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl ...

Vending machines throughout Denver have distributed more than 1,800 free boxes of the overdose reversal medication naloxone since they debuted in April.

Naloxone can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks. The opioid crisis has been front and center this week thanks to President Donald Trump's visit to New Hampshire, a state that has been ...

On March 29, 2023, the FDA approved Narcan, a brand name of naloxone nasal spray used to immediately treat those experiencing an opioid overdose, for over-the-counter sale. The decision was made ...

Naloxone has been distributed for free at all 18 Salt Lake County Library branches since 2018. The drug is distributed in two-dose “rescue kits.” Today, it’s also available at all eight ...