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Narcan Trainers Enlist Public’s Help in Preventing MA Overdose Deaths
Narcan Trainers Enlist Public’s Help in Preventing MA Overdose Deaths At libraries, colleges and even movie theaters, more people in Massachusetts are learning how to prevent an opioid overdose death by administering the drug Narcan. It is an effort public health workers say is desperately needed to combat the record number of overdose deaths in the Commonwealth.
More than 2,200 people died of an opioid overdose in Massachusetts last year, a nearly 9% increase from the year prior.
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