Merkley, Scott Sound the Alarm on Opioid Overdose in Schools, Introduce New Legislation

A new initiative called the School Access to Naloxone Act was rolled out to decrease the tragic opioid-related incidents among students. The act advocates for schools to keep naloxone on…

Stay Drug-Free: Construction Workers at a Higher Risk for Opioid Abuse

In the construction sector, opioid usage and overdose fatalities are alarmingly high, with about a quarter of all worker overdose deaths nationally occurring among individuals in…

Bill Aimed at Readying Workplaces to Respond to Opioid Overdoses

Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK) to Save Lives Act, a bipartisan legislation, was recently introduced in the U.S. House. It aims to outfit workplaces with emergency kits and…