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IN nonprofit offers free anti-fentanyl training to derail overdoses

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Monday, February 17, 2025   

The incidence of drug overdose is decreasing in Indiana and one reason could be the efforts of an organization offering free training to anyone willing to help someone struggling with addiction.

Indianapolis-based Overdose Lifeline works to address the basic needs of families, individuals and communities, showing them how to administer the overdose reversal drug naloxone, or Narcan.

Justin Phillips, founder and CEO of the Overdose Lifeline, explained naloxone can reverse the effects of fentanyl, currently the most prevalent synthetic opioid in the drug supply.

"We want to make people understand opioids and the class and family of opioids," Phillips emphasized. "Then we talk about stigma and harm reduction, and we give people the signs and symptoms of an overdose, and then we provide them with free overdose reversal kits."

She pointed out with proper training, someone can be better suited to reverse an overdose than administer CPR. The training lasts about an hour. In the second quarter of last year, the Marion County Public Health Department reported 124 overdose deaths. It said 56 happened at a residence and 28 at a hospital, 25% fewer than the same time in the previous year.

Phillips noted anyone may know someone who is struggling with addiction. But conversations about drug use and overdoses can be uncomfortable, which she argued reinforces the need for training.

"Sometimes, we're not as willing to go to a pharmacy to acquire Naloxone or talk to our doctor," Phillips acknowledged. "Which is why we do these community events and we make it available, easily accessed in the community, so that you can avoid some of that stigma and judgment."

She added Overdose Lifeline also partners with CareSource for a free program to support Indiana school nurses to implement a naloxone Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan in schools. The program provides free naloxone, emergency medication boxes and staff training.


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