Watervliet hosts opioid overdose prevention training

FILE – The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, …

FILE – The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, marking the first time a opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription. […]

by: Jessie House

Posted: Apr 1, 2023 / 04:22 PM EDT

Updated: Apr 1, 2023 / 04:22 PM EDT

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The city of Watervliet and Project Safe Point are offering opioid overdose prevention training. The event will take place at the Watervliet Senior Center on April 5 at 6:30 p.m.

Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of heroin and opioid overdose and how to use Naxalone (Narcan) to respond to an overdose. Each person will also receive an intranasal naloxone kit as part of their training.