The program targets public and private universities, community colleges, and trade schools in response to the growing opioid crisis among young adults.

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has launches an online, interactive map that shows where people can go to either acquire for free or purchase life-saving Naloxone (NARCAN).

It’s the drug that could save your child’s life – Narcan. Texas law requires many public schools (with students 6 through 12) to have Naloxone (or Narcan) on campus. This went into effect at the start of the 2023 school year. KPRC 2′s Zach Lashway is checking back with school districts in our area about Narcan protocols.

Election officials around the country are stocking up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone after a series of suspicious mailings — some containing traces of fentanyl — were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states.

Access has improved across the U.S. to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — still isn't getting to everyone who needs it.

The state’s federally funded “More Narcan Please” program ran out of money in January, in part due to high demand. Advocates say Texas should invest more in the harm reduction effort.

U.S. regulators have approved the first high-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses.