On Wednesday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 14 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Young People in Recovery will host a harm reduction workshop to teach attendees how to identify and respond to an opioid overdose.
The training will take place at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on 110 W. North St. and will be led by Dante Downey, the organizer of the Cortez chapter of Young People in Recovery.
He will be teaching how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose with nasal naloxone. Naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, reverses opioid overdoses by blocking the drug’s effects on the body.
According to the news release, Narcan “can restore normal breathing within two to three minutes in the person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as the result of an opioid overdose.”
The training is free and open to the public, and attendees will receive a free Narcan kit at the end.
