If approved by the full Council, the program would be funded through the city’s share of the national opioid settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors. Indiana is slated to receive $507 million, which will be distributed across the state.

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 film – The Addict’s Wake – focuses on how the opioid epidemic impacts people with substance use disorder and their families and communities.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its provisional report on overdose deaths in 2021 across the United States. In Indiana, the number hit a record high for a second year in a row.

A 2017 Indiana law allows school districts to stock the opioid reversal medication naloxone. Overdose Lifeline is a non-profit substance use advocacy group that wants to help equip schools to prevent overdoses.

The Wabash office is partnering with Overdose Lifeline and a local nurse to ensure a box is stocked with single dose kits for any community members to come in and grab.

People in Kansas risk jail time if they call 911 to report an overdose. And not all law enforcement agencies use the lifesaving drug naloxone.

The use of naloxone to treat overdoses has significantly increased throughout the state of Indiana and has almost doubled in Clark County in recent months amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2018, opioid overdose deaths fell 13% in the county, and prescription opioid overdose deaths fell even more.

Indiana University's Addictions Crisis Grand Challenge initiative will oversee the training before distributing free naloxone kits to the first 1,000 who complete the training.