naloxone

It reverses opioid overdoses by blocking opioids from connecting to brain receptors and restoring normal breathing.

Truth Pharm, a non-profit organization with the goal of reducing harm for those who use substances, will be providing Narcan training in Binghamton this week.

The number of fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses are down for the third quarter of 2020.

Broome County officials say there has been an increase in reports of drug overdoses between January 20-24.

A vehicle driven by a man believed to be under the influence of opioids slammed into three cars and a dump truck on a busy roadway in Vestal.

The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services is hosting free training sessions on the use of the opioid overdose reversal, naloxone.

A free program to teach people how to administer a heroin overdose antidote will be presented in Endicott.

Broome County Sheriff’s officials are investigating the death of an Endicott man due to an apparent heroin overdose in a Town of Dickinson motel room.

Area residents will be able to learn how to use Narcan and receive a kit containing the heroin overdose antidote at a training session next month.

The drug that reverses the effects of a heroin overdose will be available without prescription to the general public.