NOW. THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING A NEW EFFORT TO FIGHT OPIOID OVERDOSES. THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IS SENDING MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE TO JACKSON COUNTY ERS EVERY YEAR.

Sen. Mike Yakawich's bill to prohibit the state from buying overdose reversal drugs from companies that settled with states ...

FALL RIVER — At a Jan. 13 meeting, the School Committee voted in favor of teaching 11th and 12th graders how to administer nasal Narcan, or naloxone, spray — commonly known as the antidote for ...

The group had assembled for a V’Ahavta Community Narcan Training, named for the Hebrew prayer that means “You shall love.” Leading training programs on how to use Narcan, while drawing upon ...

An unhoused Bloomington man was arrested and jailed on an arson charge early Thursday for allegedly setting fire to a Narcan distribution box at the entrance to Bloomington’s Stride Center.

RAYTOWN, Mo. (KCTV) - The Jackson County Public Health Department (JCPH) announced Tuesday that Narcan is now available throughout Raytown. Narcan is a brand of naloxone, a treatment that blocks ...

A public education session on the use of Narcan is being held 7 p.m. Tuesday at the {a target=”_blank”}Mansfield Public Library{/a}, 255 Hope St. Narcan is used ...

SAGINAW COUNTY, MI — Two mid-Michigan colleges are now outfitted with lifesaving Narcan in hopes of holding back the opioid crisis. The opiate antagonist is available at the main campuses of ...

Share your story idea with Olivia. We’ve been covering how the opioid epidemic is affecting the Kansas City metro since the beginning. Last spring, Johnson County ramped up its efforts.

NEWTON, Kan. (KAKE) – A former Newton police officer has been revoked of his police certification after he lied about the presence of NARCAN in a patrol vehicle last summer. Former Newton police ...

DETERMINED A MOTIVE. THE STORE IS, HOWEVER, BACK OPEN. EFFORTS TO SAVE LIVES AND FIGHT THE OPIOID CRISIS ARE GETTING A BOOST IN LOUISVILLE, WITH NALOXONE BOXES BEING INSTALLED AT FIRE STATIONS ...