SAVE-A-LIFE: Naloxone education and distribution event to be hosted at Columbia Public Library

In partnership with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition and Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services, Columbia Public Library, located at 100 W. Broadway, will host a SAVE-A-LIFE: Naloxone (also known as Narcan®) education and distribution event on Thursday, Oct. 23, from noon to 1 p.m.

Following the event, Public Health and Human Services staff will be available to provide information and brief training to individuals who are unable to attend the formal presentation. Both formal and informal training will include how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and how to use and access naloxone.

SAVE-A-LIFE is a series of free, public monthly events that offer education and conversations on how members of our communities can help prevent overdose deaths from painkillers like fentanyl through the use of naloxone nasal spray, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

No registration is necessary. A personal supply of naloxone will be available to all attendees. For more information, contact Heather Harlan at [email protected]or 573.817.6404.

This event is funded in part by contract DH240054280 between the Public Health and Human Services and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. As a result of the continued partnership between Public Health and Human Services and the Missouri Institute for Mental Health, Narcan will be available to participants at no cost.

Members of the public may attend any open meeting. For accommodation requests related to disability, call 573.874.2489 or email [email protected]. To assist staff in arranging appropriate accommodations, please make requests as far in advance of the posted meeting date as possible.

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