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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Covington Schools to provide Narcan throughout district facilities
Covington Independent Schools will begin stocking district facilities with emergency boxes of the opioid antagonist Narcan this year. Narcan, or naloxone as it’s officially called, is a medicine used for reviving people who’ve overdosed on heroin, fentanyl and other opioids, and it soon will be available throughout district facilities, said Covington Independent Schools Director of […]
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Boone sheriff report: Fewer wrecks, tickets in 2021
Traffic accidents were at their highest in December; an unmanned drone was used on 31 missions; more marijuana was seized than any other illegal substance; school resource officers conducted 6,741 student counselings and more than 1,000 home visits. This is some of the information gleaned from the 2021 annual report from the Boone County Sheriff’s […]
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Driver Loses Control, Crashes into Home on Grand Avenue
The driver of the vehicle (maroon SUV) hopped the curb, drove into the yard where he hit the white van and finally the house on the left. FTM file. Lindsey Hartness was in her front yard on Grand Avenue taking her dog out. She walked back inside to her home and three minutes later, in […]
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Communities Must Be Prepared to Respond to Opioid Abuse, Overdoses
52 Weeks of Public Health Campaign Spotlight: Kentucky Harm Reduction Four people overdosed on S. Fort Thomas Avenue in March. All were revived with Narcan. FTM file. As part of the 52 Weeks of Public Health campaign, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), is emphasizing […]
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Four Overdose On Busy Fort Thomas Street, Revived With Narcan
A minivan that held four individuals who were overdosing on opioids is towed away, just down the street from the Fort Thomas Armory. FTM file. Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m., Fort Thomas Police were dispatched to S. Fort Thomas Avenue to a parked minivan that had multiple individuals inside who, according to witnesses, had appeared […]
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School Districts To Consider Whether to Stock Narcan at High Schools
PHOTO: Vergecampus.com As the new school year begins, Kentucky school districts are considering whether to stock naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, an opioid-blocker that can be given in the event of a heroin or prescription painkiller overdose. The drug is being made available free to high schools nationwide as an initiative of […]
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Heroin Overdose Kits to be Provided to St. Elizabeth Hospitals in Northern Kentucky
First Lady Jane Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced Tuesday that heroin and opiate overdose reversal kits will be made available to people treated for overdoses at the St. Elizabeth Healthcare system in Northern Kentucky. The funding will be provided through the Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Committee.
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Should Northern Kentucky Police Departments be Carrying Narcan for Heroin Overdose Victims?
As the Cincinnati Police Department begins to use a new drug which reverses the effects of heroin overdoses the question presents itself, should police departments in Northern Kentucky be carrying the drug as well?