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No Easy Path: Promoting Acceptance and Harm Reduction
Participants will learn:
- What an opioid is
- How they interact with the body
- Why someone uses opioids
- What Naloxone is
- How to identify and respond to an overdose
- How to administer nasal Naloxone
- Appropriate care after Naloxone is administered
We will be discussing the use of Narcan and medicated assisted treatments for recovery.
Presented by John Marquis, Harm Reduction Specialist of the East Shore District Health Department