Narcan Training

21555 West McNichols Road,Detroit MI 48219

04 February, 2023

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Our Own Wall Street & CLASS Agency will partner again to provide a free workshop on how to use narcan to possibly save a life from a drug overdose. The financial struggles many people faced during the pandemic has created a “trickle up” effect of people using fentanyl, says Sarah Bass, PhD, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences and director of the Risk Communication Laboratory at Temple University’s College of Public Health. “Meaning that if users can’t afford the normal product, dealers will respond to ensure profit, and they responded by using more fentanyl in products because it’s easier and cheaper to produce and cut with drug,” she said. “So, what used to be more a heroin-specific issue now became an issue with other drugs, like cocaine or tranquilizers. And people using these substances had never used fentanyl before or didn’t realize it was in the drugs they were using, causing overdose or death.”