LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — According to the Arkansas Drug Take Back program, on average there are 188 Americans die every day from a drug overdose. A new UAMS program now aims to lower that number and save ...

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR: Meghan Breckling, assistant professor at UAMS's College of Pharmacy’s Center for Implementation Research and director of the hospital's new program to combat opioid overdoses.

An East Texas organization treating drug and alcohol addiction now has a vending machine where people can obtain an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 13—WORTHINGTON — The nonprofit organization and mental health service Unspoken Truth is working with Ray's Unlimited and ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) announced Monday the statewide naloxone distribution program has been relaunched. Naloxone is a medication, approved by the U.S. Food ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee County Health Services Council is implementing a new virtual reality Narcan training program to help combat overdoses. The training uses VR simulations of overdose ...

Show Me Community Services in Hallsville will host a Naloxone education and distribution event March 11. The event will be held from 6-7 p.m. at 222 Elizabeth St. It is presented with the Boone County ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County will use almost $4,000 from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership to buy naloxone and provide overdose response training as part of its Community Rebuilding ...

No parent should have to bear the burden of losing a child, and especially not if it could have been prevented or a deadly situation reversed. That’s the thinking behind a group of concerned Calvert ...

CLARKSVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — An opioid overdose and naloxone education program will be held in Clarksville in September. Southside Health District will offer Revive! training from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on ...

The South Dakota Department of Health has developed a program to allow businesses statewide to have life-saving Naloxone within their worksites to reverse opioid overdoses. In 2023, HB1162 was passed ...