Overdose prevention groups faced resistance from the food and beverage industry in Macon and Atlanta for years about carrying life-saving products that can temporarily reverse drug effects when ...

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From vaping, the cost of supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow our series “WTOP Goes Back to School” on air and ...

Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose. But there is a solution, public health officials say: Carry naloxone, even if you don’t think you know anyone who uses opioids.

As the founder of Selah, a Brooklyn-based Jewish community for people in recovery, Arielle Krule aims to train 2,000 people this year to use the emergency medicine. Sitting with about a dozen young ...

I was biking home from work. You were laying on the sidewalk unconscious, your two friends hovering over you—concerned, panicked. I pulled over to see if they needed help and offered my Narcan. Your ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – All fire trucks and rescue units in Nashville are now carrying Narcan nasal spray to treat people who may be overdosing on opioids. All firefighters are either emergency ...

A free Narcan vending machine opened in Trinidad this week, providing 24/7 access to the life-saving opioid-overdose antidote ...

CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new Tennessee state law, passed by lawmakers earlier this year, will allow teachers, staff and students to carry Narcan in the classroom. It comes as the opioid ...