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The CNMI is lucky, but it is not special and the nationwide opioid problem will eventually get here, according to Joseph Kevin Villagomez, who is the administrator of the Addiction

Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. Medical Director of Public Health Dr. Lily Muldoon said the CNMI is expected to see an increase in opiate overdoses just as it has been happening in

Since 2020, there have been a total of 123 encounters of confirmed and suspected opioid misuse and a total of six overdoses involving opioids, according to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.

Having and knowing how to use naloxone when someone experiences drug poisoning saves lives, says health centre executive director.

"Good Samaritans" or persons who rendered volunteer work during emergencies must be protected by law from reprisal. (Jackson David/ Unsplash) With this reasoning, Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.1949, or th

Lawmakers are pushing for the passage of a bill that seeks to protect good Samaritans in emergency situations. In filing House Bill 1949 or the proposed “Good Samaritan Act of 2022,” Houses Reps. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez and Jude Acidre of party-list group Tingog said there would be situations “where civilians…

In the class, instructors showed motorcyclists and a few others life saving skills to know and use in serious situations.

UCF police saved a man's life Monday by administering two doses of the overdose-reversing medicine Narcan.