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How to administer naloxoneThe Washington Post put together a step-by-step guide to administering naloxone in an emergency. The card can be saved to your phone or computer for reference. Download the ...

U.S. college students can recognize signs of an opioid overdose and want to help when they witness one. But many do not know how to reverse an overdose with the drug naloxone. Among surveyed ...

The U.S. opioid epidemic has caused a startling number of overdose deaths, but a new survey shows that most Americans still have no idea how to help an OD victim. More than 3 in 4 people (77%) said ...

IU researcher Cris Henderson wants overdose prevention education to be as commonplace as CPR and first aid training.

Three decades into the overdose crisis, US lawmakers are still trying to stem the rising tide of drug-related deaths. Several recent changes, long advocated for by substance use experts, can make it ...

When 2024's provisional overdose data came out earlier this year showing a 27% drop in deaths from 2023 rates, Nabarun Dasgupta felt immense relief. "I felt like I could exhale for the first time in ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new grant obtained by Utah State University is funding classes to train workers in the local service industry on how to respond to an overdose. Members of the USU Extension Team are ...

The recent series of settlements linked with claims against advertising and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies involved in the sales and marketing of opioid drugs are encouraging, demanding ...

Indiana has launched two new dashboards aimed at tracking drug overdose data and violent crimes. Advocates say the overdose ...