Free Narcan Training in Collingswood Set For July

The Urban Treatment Center will provide a training on the use of Narcan at the Collingswood Municipal Alliance on July 28.

Training sessions provide an opportunity for family members, professionals and others who may be in a position to offer assistance to someone in the middle of an overdose. These are offered free of charge but registration is required.

Police departments across the state began using Naloxone/Narcan, a heroin antidote previously only available to hospital staff, after legislators passed the Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act in 2013. The antidote reverses the effect of a heroin overdose.

The law provides immunity for for witnesses and victims of drug overdoses in order to promote timely medical treatment.

It also provides civil, criminal, and professional immunity for health care professionals involved in prescribing, dispensing, or administering naloxone or a similar treatment for an opioid overdose.

The Collingswood Municipal Alliance is located at 30 West Collings Avenue, first floor.

For a list of all upcoming training sessions in South Jersey, click here.

To register for a training, call Urban Treatment Associates Inc. at 856-225-0505.