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Some Honolulu bars already do.

The Marion County Quick Response Team (QRT) & Harm Reduction is warning that a bad batch/spike alert has been issued in the county following three overdoses within 24 hours.

After a rise in the number of overdoses in the county, Superintendent Monifa McKnight has signed off on a new regulation that allows students to carry “personally obtained” naloxone on school property.

GFR aims to build a supportive community of peers through offering recovery-oriented meetings, events and professional support.

Three overdose incidents have been reported in the last 24 hours, officials say.

A new federal grant is expected to fund 20 vending machines stocked with overdose-reversing drugs and later fentanyl test strips.

The event raised money for the organizations programming in support of prevention and education on the dangers of opioid abuse and illicit fentanyl.

There are more homeless people on Oahu. That is according to the 2023 Point-In-Time Count report released May 11.

There are more homeless people on Oahu. That is according to the 2023 Point-In-Time Count report released May 11.

In efforts to prevent overdosing, Regina's friendship centre is testing street drugs as it is finding an animal tranquilizer called xylazine is spreading into the opioid supply.