We are less than #24hours# away from this month's #PARCKAPARLEYS# 🥳🎉 this month we are thrilled to partner with @UtahNaloxone & @jennifer_plumb for a completely #free# & #virtual# #Naloxone# education/training! Register to attend @
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Join us on 8/31/2022 at the Utah State Capitol for International Overdose Awareness day. We will have naloxone and fentanyl test strips, and love for all those we have lost.
#IOAD#
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Great piece on #naloxone# in @TIME! The U.S. suffered 107,622 drug overdose deaths in 2021. We should all be equipped with the knowledge & tools to reverse an overdose and save someone's life.
@UtahNaloxone @VOCALNewYork
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Utah has gone from 4th in the nation to 38th for overdose deaths. Collaborations, education, and naloxone access have been crucial in making this happen. So proud of all who have been a part of this culture shift. No one can get better if they are dead!
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.@DrGupta46 also discussed @POTUS’s new National Drug Control Strategy with @UtahNaloxone that will expand access to evidence-based harm reduction services like naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and syringe services programs across the country.
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Today, @DrGupta46 met with @UtahNaloxone — a group that brings together community leaders, medical professionals, people with lived experienced, and first responders like @slcfire to distribute naloxone — a medicine that reverses opioid-related overdoses and saves lives.
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The 101 class every Salt Laker should take: How to identify an opiate overdose + administer Naloxone, a life-saving intervention.
Learn how to do both on today's show with @jennifer_plumb, and then get a kit from @UtahNaloxone.
Listen, send to a friend:
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Hysteria claims must be countered with fact. Touching fentanyl WILL NOT kill your
When media amplifies the false claim that merely touching fentanyl could cause an overdose it could deter bystanders from withholding lifesaving measures. Fentanyl is highly potent. But sanding near fentanyl or touching is not going to cause an overdose.
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Without access to the overdose-reversing antidote naloxone, people will continue to die from preventable overdoses. Pharmaceutical companies shouldn’t rake in $$ from naloxone profits. It means thousands of people will die because they don’t have access to it. #noprofitforNarcan#
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Food for thought. #harmreduction#
Care to play find your friends?
We are excited to launch our innovative national U.S. campaign to promote #harmreduction# in @nytimes! It comes at a pivotal moment in the #overdosecrisis# as deaths top 100,000 and harm reduction is gaining credibility and momentum. LEARN MORE
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Great piece by my @DrugPolicyOrg colleague Michael Collins about how increasing penalties for fentanyl will not get us out of this overdose crisis. Neither will drug-induced homicides. We need #harmreduction#.
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“If you see someone with a known or suspected overdose, know what to do. Call 911 and administer naloxone if you have it. Go to to learn more about the signs of an overdose” #getnaloxone# #savealife# #RxSummit# #SGadvisory#
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Utah is in a battle against opioids. This week, @slcfire, @slcmayor and @slcCouncil recognized SLCFD's partnership with @UtahNaloxone and the hard work of Dr. Jennifer Plumb and Sam Plumb - fighting this battle one naloxone kit and overdose reversal at a time.
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Today, the Opioid Task Force met to discuss ways to address the tragic opioid epidemic occurring in #Utah#. #utleg# #utpol# #OpioidEpidemic#
Why Nalaxone can't save lives if it's locked up. Great article by @UofUHealth doc Jen Plumb. @washingtonpost
