The Northern Kentucky Health Department will distribute free naloxone, also known as Narcan, to the general public at several locations on Thursday in honor of Save a Life Day. Narcan is a drug used for reversing the effects of an opioid overdose. It’s usually administered as a nasal spray. The Health Department distributed more than […]
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2015 Heroin Action Plan to be announced
It’s no secret that Northern Kentucky has a heroin problem. In fact, I personally know of two young men (age 26 and 30) who have passed away this week from heroin. By now everyone knows some of the reasons for this epidemic; it’s cheap, the heroin laws in Kentucky are not as strict as Ohio, dealers […]