Before accessing naloxone, it’s important to follow one key safety rule: Never use drugs alone, saysJosé Martinez, a harm reduction associate at the National Harm Reduction Coalition, which works to provide educational information about safer drug use, increase access to naloxone, conduct overdose...
Carry naloxone (Narcan) and encourage friends and family to have access, as well. Learn how to use it before an emergency situation occurs. Avoid mixing drugs. Be sure every time you use you have a plan with others in case of an overdose. Speak to a healthcare provider about opioid use...
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Stocked with donations of fresh foods, the fridges help feed those who might not have regular access to (or cannot afford) traditional grocers. Some contain refrigerators and freezers, while others are simply dry food pantries. The People’s Fridge: Provides fresh food donations through community...
At a summit in early April, Abbott announced the state will allocate millions of dollars to take immediate action while the legislature works on passing bills aiming to curb the crisis. At that summit, the governor directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to begin distributing Narcan, ...
A recent study similarly suggests a correlation between greater access to Narcan, the drug used to reverse potentially fatal opioid overdoses, and a rise in the use of opioids. In your opinion, should the concept of moral hazard affect public policy? If so, what are the relevant factors ...
This work, however, did represent key findings that were the direct product of the first national database to track firearm injury, laying the groundwork for the necessary steps to create and implement effective, evidence-based, safety, and injury prevention measures. Similarly, through access to...
or debit card issued by the insurance plan, similar to health savings account and also howSNAP benefitsare provided. Notably, these solutions to seamless access could be leveraged for the growing market of OTC products that could be covered by insurance, like Covid tests and Narcan and others....
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At the Miami Recovery Project, the mission is to help people on their road to recovery through a variety of free and confidential services, includingpeer support, overdose prevention training and Narcan distribution. Narcan, the brand name for naloxone, is a prescription medicine used to reverse ...