New Jersey Health Officials Give Out Free Doses Of Naloxone As State Endeavors To End ...
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – In an effort to combat the opioid crisis in New Jersey, health and law enforcement officials on Thursday started handing out naloxone – also known as Narcan – the medication used to treat a narcotic overdose in an emergency. For the next three days, state officials will be at pharmacies across New Jersey giving out naloxone for free and encouraging people to pick it up, CBS2’s Jenna DeAngelis reported. “I recently, as of less than a year ago, lost a cousin, a young cousin, only 21 years old to an overdose and I...