Phil Weiser Awards $3M in Grant Funding for Life-Saving Medication

Phil Weiser awards $3M in grant funding for life-saving medication

According to Porch Light Health, Narcan costs about $250 a box, and this grant funding could make a big impact for their addiction center.

Colorado announces $3 million for overdose reversal drug

(The Center Square) — Colorado recently announced a $3 million grant to provide free naloxone to eligible organizations statewide. Naloxone, which is known by its brand name Narcan, is a medication used to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses. It works by…

Grant County Installs 24/7 Naloxone Kiosk in Moses Lake to Combat Overdose Deaths

MOSES LAKE — In a new effort to combat the growing opioid crisis, the Grant County Health District (GCHD), in partnership with the Grant County Board of Health, has installed a 24/7 naloxone kiosk at its Moses Lake office. The…

Colorado announces $3 million for overdose reversal drug – Washington Examiner

Naloxone, which is known by its brand name Narcan, is a medication used to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses.

Three years later and the Home Office is still working on the adoption of the opioid overdose reversal medication by police officers in England that has been saving lives and reducing hospital admissions in Scotland since the SNP’s world-first initiative

Professor John Robertson OBA In the often Anglocentric Policing Insight, two days ago, the above and: More needs to be done to bolster the use by frontline officers of potentially life-saving overdose reversal medication naloxone, with calls for a “top-down, bottom-up” approach of greater proactive support from representative bodies, and the implementation of ‘naloxone champions’ and lived experience helping to overcome fears around its use and …