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UA is working to reduce opioid overdoses and raise awareness about emergency care. The student organization End Overdose at The University of Alabama is partnering with other campus institutes to hold open sessions in residence halls. Topics include overdose prevention and Narcan training.
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With the growing opioid crisis in Alabama and across the country, health and harm reduction experts say it’s important to have a medication on hand and ready to use in the case of an overdose.
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Alabama’s Central Data Repository says over sixteen thousand Alabama residents were treated for substance abuse in 2021. Close to two thousand of those were in Baldwin County. Limited resources also make recovery even harder in south Alabama. Most of the leaders in local recovery have been there themselves.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A new program is being developed to address the opioid problem in parts of west Alabama.A statement from the University of Alabama…
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A major pharmaceutical company previously criticized for raising prices on overdose prevention medication is now donating a large amount of the medication…