Monthly Archives: July 2019

TOLEDO, Ohio (WNWO) — The Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio received national recognition for its work to prevent opioid abuse. The agency hired its first Drug Abuse Response Team (D.A.R.T.) officer in March, solely dedicated to helping seniors. … Read More

The opioid epidemic has devastated the US with soaring rates of overdoses. While the drug Narcan can be used as an antidote for opioid overdoses, if a patient is alone they cannot always administer the medication.  Now researchers from Purdue University are looking … Read More

Through its Save a Life Through a Spray program, the Sauk County Health Department provides opportunities for residents to learn about Narcan, a potentially lifesaving antidote in the event of an opioid overdose. The program began in June 2017 after … Read More

In 2018, Dean and Paula Palozej found their son, Spencer, on the floor of his home in Manchester. Spencer was one day shy of his 30th birthday and he was found dead of a fentanyl overdose. Spencer, who worked as … Read More

LINCOLN, Neb. A concerning trend is taking shape in Lincoln. Over the last week police have filed at least six overdose reports and since just April 1st LPD’s crime tracking website shows that officers have responded to at least 23 overdoses. … Read More

GREEN BAY (WLUK) — The Green Bay Police Department sees the effects of opioid overdoses on a regular basis. And the police chief says naloxone, one of the newest tools in the kit of first responders, is helping the department … Read More

Significantly more patients have shown the signs of an overdose that required intervention with Narcan this year than last year, according to the Nashville Fire Department.  The NFD reported administering Narcan to 224 patients showing the signs of an overdose during the month of June, … Read More

The National Institutes of Health will award 12 grants to form the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in criminal justice settings nationwide. The awards, totaling an estimated … Read More

CAMDEN — The Department of Justice has issued a news release stating that Arkansas has received a grant to improve accessibility and use of opioid-epidemic data. This is good news coming on the heels of the recent headlines in news medias … Read More

This month, the Minnesota Department of Health announced the number of deaths caused by opioids went down instead of up. That’s kind of a big deal, since opioid deaths have climbed up and up, almost without exception, for the last … Read More