MATBUS now carrying Narcan kits to help prevent opioid overdose deaths
The kits provided by Fargo Cass Public Health will be carried by every MATBUS vehicle, with drivers and support staff now trained on how to use them.
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The kits provided by Fargo Cass Public Health will be carried by every MATBUS vehicle, with drivers and support staff now trained on how to use them.
FCPH has supplied MATBUS with 75 Narcan kits. Narcan is a type of medication that helps reverse an opioid overdose.
Earlier this week, the Fargo Cass Public Health released a statistic that shows that in the last 20 years, current alcohol use among north dakota high school students has been cut in half.
Fargo-Moorhead has been caught up in a nationwide flood of fentanyl, a powerful opioid drug that's killing people across the U.S.
That information from Fargo-Cass Public Health to commissioners comes as police investigate a car accident in Fargo today that resulted in an arrest, a life saved, and yet another person who overdosed.