Narcan

250 companies, schools and organizations pledge to provide overdose antidote naloxone

12:19pm October 08, 2024

The White House says big companies like Amazon, the NHL, and United Airlines are joining the push to prevent overdoses by making naloxone widely available.

WS/FCS approves policy to allow overdose antidote Naloxone in schools

2:00pm May 29, 2024

by Amy Diaz

Naloxone, also known as Narcan, will soon be available in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Several community organizations requested the district keep the life-saving medication on school campuses.

Health & Safety

Davidson County nonprofit pushes for opioid overdose-reversing drug in all NC schools

4:11pm May 22, 2024

by Marc Isabella

Wake Forest University student Marc Isabella spoke to Barbara Walsh about her advocacy through the nonprofit she started, Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina.

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'I ain't found it yet.' No line this mother won't cross to save her addicted daughter

5:52pm December 12, 2023

by Martha Bebinger

Renae was so desperate to keep her child alive when so many others have died from overdose that she resorted to extreme measures — and extreme risks. She now supervises drug use in her own home.

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Health & Safety

An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll?

5:10am September 26, 2023

Narcan is now available in drug stores without a prescription. The nasal spray can save a life by stopping an opioid overdose. But will people pay the price and ask for it by name?

The Food and Drug Administration is weighing a decision to make naxolone, pictured here in nasal spray form as Narcan, available over the counter without a prescription.

Health & Safety

Over-the-counter Narcan will save lives, experts say. But the cost will affect access

7:03am February 18, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Advisers to the FDA put the opioid overdose-reversal drug a step closer to being sold without a needing a prescription. Even if approved, the medication may not reach many people who need it.

Drugs

Overdose-reversing drug now available from free vending machine in Forsyth

6:05pm August 26, 2022

by Paul Garber

Forsyth County health officials have added a vending machine at the county detention center that offers the overdose-reversing drug Narcan (Naloxone).

Health & Safety

Narcan is now available at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health

6:00am January 04, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

The opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan (naloxone) is now available at the front desk of the Forsyth County Department of Publi

Louise Vincent, executive director of the North Carolina Survivors Union, holds a vial of the overdose reversal drug naloxone. "Almost everyone that comes here is alive because of naloxone," Vincent says.

Health & Safety

To save lives, overdose antidote should be sold over-the-counter, advocates argue

4:01am December 14, 2021

by Aneri Pattani

With opioid overdoses surging, harm-reduction groups are calling on the FDA to change naloxone's prescription-only status. This would make it easier to get the lifesaving drug to people at risk.

Emily Ligawiec (right) and Officer Jon Cacela take weekly pottery classes together in Ware, Mass. Rather than arrest Ligawiec last winter when she took heroin and stole her mom's car, he offered her help.

National

Police Offering Drug Recovery Help: 'We Can't Arrest Our Way Out Of This Problem'

8:03am February 08, 2020

by Karen Brown

Police departments are toning down the law enforcement, and offering drug users recovery help instead. But convincing drug users to accept the help is not easy.

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