Las Vegas OD awareness event includes training on naxalone use
The Southern Nevada Harm Reduction Alliance will host its annual International Overdose Awareness Event on Thursday.
The event, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chuck Minker Sports Complex, at 275 N. Mojave Road in Las Vegas, is free and open to the public. It will include the following:
— 5-5:45: pre-event overdose response and training in nasal naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication.
— 6-6:45: overdose response and nasal naloxone training.
—7-8: testimonials and call-to-action.
—8-8:30: candlelight ribbons to remember vigil.
In 2017, there were 464 fatal drug overdoses in Clark County. For more information about the event, visit overdoseday.com/las-vegas/.
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