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Stark Community Support Network and Canton City Public Health unveiled Ohio's first ever repurposed newspaper box for free Narcan distribution.
Amid the worsening U.S. overdose crisis, experts say a simple drug — naloxone — is a key tool in preventing more deaths.But not enough people know about it, have access to it or actually carry ...
Naloxone: Ohio distributed 219,000 naloxone kits in 2023. Naloxone is a medicine that quickly reverses the effects of an overdose. Last year, these kits reversed at least 20,000 overdoses in the ...
In October 2016, the state began the Arkansas Naloxone Project, a partnership of the State Drug Director's Office, DHS, and the Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) to allocate kits containing the nasal spray naloxone to first responders, schools, libraries, as well as drug treatment and recovery agencies to reverse the effects of opioid overdose.
Ohio spent more than $51.2 million to provide 723,574 naloxone kits from 2019 through 2023, according to the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
In multiple states struggling to manage the epidemic, thousands of addicts have no access to Suboxone. There have been reports by doctors and clinics of waiting lists for the medication in Kentucky, Ohio, central New York and Vermont, among others. In one Ohio county, a clinic’s waiting list ran to more than 500 patients.
Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing the effects of fentanyl, heroin and other opioids. Doctors urge all people ...
Fewer Ohioans are dying of drug overdoses because of better access to naloxone, opioid treatment and peer support, Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday. Drug overdose deaths down in Ohio. Fentanyl ...