“The pandemic increased overdose deaths significantly, and public services like the library see patrons struggling with addiction every day,” the library said in their announcement.
Naloxone has no effect on someone who doesn’t have opioids in their system and is not a treatment for opioid use disorder. It is used to reverse an overdose. Naloxone cannot be used recreationally, as it has no effect on someone who does not have opioids in their system, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Tacoma’s Opioid Response Program has four components: a Narcan distribution program, community training in recognizing an opioid overdose, a Safe Station program, and a Mobile Response Unit. “Naloxone is a harm reduction tool that can reverse an opioid overdose,” said Library Director Kate Larsen told KIRO 7. “With this opportunity to expand our community’s access to this lifesaving opioid reversal medication, we hope to reduce opioid overdose deaths in our community.”
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