Narcan

The Forest County Potawatomi Community has seen a decline in the number of opioid overdoses in the last several years.One way they’ve reduced overdose deaths is by making Narcan more readily available, it’s a drug that reverses overdoses and saves lives.

In Wisconsin, the rate at which Native Americans die from opioids is three times higher than opioid deaths of white people.A Bad River Tribal Member authored a report on the impact fentanyl is having on Native American communities.

Narcan, or Naloxone by its generic name, has been proven to save the life of a person experiencing a drug overdose.The Forest County Potawatomi Community wants to make this drug as accessible as possible while it works to fight addiction.

More than 11,000 people in Wisconsin needed to go to the hospital in 2021 because of opioid overdoses.Oneida County is working to raise awareness about the dangerous drug.

Over 30,000 additional NARCAN doses have been distributed to law enforcement across Wisconsin

Naloxone, or NARCAN by its brand name, is a drug known to save someone at risk of dying from an opioid overdose.

UW-Stevens Point will have a drug available on campus to reverse the impact of opioids

A coalition of groups are offering training in the life-saving drug Narcan in Forest county next week.Narcan is an antidote given to people with heroin…

State Representative John Nygren of Marinette nearly lost his daughter to a heroin overdose in 2009. The state Assembly last week overwhelmingly approved…