A bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday expands the kinds of opioid reversing medications that can be stocked in Indiana schools.

Citizen Opioid Responders training takes roughly 30 minutes to complete. It covers topics like Naloxone administration, scene safety and good samaritan laws.

Indiana has distributed more than 1 million doses of naloxone since partnering with Overdose Lifeline in 2020. Advocates and state officials said it was one of the many solutions that contributed to Indiana’s significant decrease in overdose deaths last year.

Naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, can reverse an opioid overdose and save lives when administered in time.

Most adolescent overdose deaths happen in the home, often when family and friends are present.

A new state report shows that overdoses fell five percent in 2022, for the first time since 2018. State officials tout expanded access to harm reduction and treatment resources as a reason behind the trend.

Narcan is a nasal-spray version of the life-saving medication naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose. It recently became available over-the-counter. Heres what that means for public access.

A standing order in effect statewide since 2015 allows any adult in Indiana to purchase naloxone without a prescription from registered pharmacies. Both health care professionals and recovery advocates say the FDA’s decision could make Narcan more widely accessible.

The “Stitching Away Stigma” program provides people who use substances with handmade drawstring bags that can be filled with clean syringes and the overdose reversal medication naloxone.

To address opioid overdoses in the community, Johnson County nonprofit Upstream Prevention installed 14 NaloxBoxes in government buildings and a church over the summer.