Free Opioid Training: County Looking For Places To Hold Sessions

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County's Opioid Response Program is looking for places to hold free Naloxone training sessions.

As the country continues to grapple with the opioid crisis, officials with the program have been offering opioid overdose response training and supplies to community members across Montgomery County. At these training sessions, participants learn how to administer Naloxone, an opioid overdose-reversing drug, and receive a free life-saving kit.

Sessions may be offered privately or made available to the public.

"Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that is used to temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, namely slowed or stopped breathing. Expanding the awareness and availability of this medication is a key part of the public health response to the opioid epidemic," the U.S. surgeon general said. "Naloxone is a safe antidote to a suspected overdose and, when given in time, can save a life. Research shows that when naloxone and overdose education are available to community members, overdose deaths decrease in those communities."

Organizations interested in hosting a training session should contact the Opioid Overdose Response Program at Overdoseresponseprogram@montgomerycountymd.gov or call 240-777-1836.

Click here to see the calendar of scheduled training sessions.