Olmsted County ramps up effort to fight opioid deaths

Olmsted County ramps up effort to fight opioid deaths

ROCHESTER — Olmsted County is bolstering its response to drug overdoses. “We have been able to expedite things in a way we haven’t previously been able to,” Sidney Frye II, program manager for the team and Olmsted County’s Diversity, Equity and Community Outreach team, told county commissioners Tuesday during an annual update regarding use of opioid settlement funds. The county used the funds to establish the Drug and Alcohol Response Team in 20…

Narcan dispensers in Chouteau County

You will soon see free Naloxone (Narcan) dispensers in our towns. The dispensers provide Narcan free of charge to the community. Narcan is a drug that can rapidly reverse the effects of opioid overdose and save lives. Across the nation as well as in Montana, overdose deaths have increased in recent years. Deaths involving fentanyl (IMF) increased from 2019 to 2020 by 94% in Western states, with...