The San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced a new effort to get Naloxone — or Narcan —to places where opioid overdoses are likely to happen.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is launching a new effort to get a life-saving medication out to places where opioid overdoses are likely to happen. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere has the story.
Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, is a medication that quickly reverses the effects of an overdose from pain relievers and opioids such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl and morphine. A new program aims to get the treatment distributed to more people and places in San Diego County. “We’ve seen too many parents who are not even aware that their child is using drugs, wake up to find their teenager has died. We see instances where people who use drugs in a group and ... overdose,” San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez said at a Monday news conference to announce the plan. “These are all cases where Naloxone could have made a difference.”San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez speaks at a press conference about Naloxone distribution, Jan, 23, 2023.
Their goal is to distribute over 30,000 naloxone kits per year across the county, according to the region’s health department. “We're gonna partner with restaurants and bars, we will partner with anybody — with schools, everyone else too,” said County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher.He works for A New PATH — a nonprofit focused on drug addiction and treatment.
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