Communities across Appalachia band together for Narcan distribution event
Spearheaded by the Charleston-based nonprofit Solutions-Oriented Drug Response, 'Save a Life Day' began as a two-county pilot program in 2020 in We...
Spearheaded by the Charleston-based nonprofit Solutions-Oriented Drug Response, 'Save a Life Day' began as a two-county pilot program in 2020 in West Virginia, expanding to 17 counties in-state in 2021. Last year, all 55 counties in the state with the nation's highest rate of opioid overdoses in the nation participated. The 2023 event has expanded to include Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.