Free overdose kits coming to Albert Lea

October 8, 2022 By: SRHN

Following a SRHN Training hosted by our Overdose Prevention Manager, Maddy Reagan, KTTC posted a story on October 7th, 2022 highlighting the importance of widespread community naloxone access.

Community member and licensed alcohol and drug counselor, Lee Zuniga says, “Knowing that there’s nothing like that here (the kits), it brought the idea that we have to do something in Albert Lea. Because in the last few months we’ve had five overdoses and two have resulted in deaths in Albert Lea.”

“Anybody carrying that kit, if they were to encounter someone experiencing an opioid overdose could reverse that overdose and save that person’s life,” said Maddy Reagan.

In addition to the training, Grace Christian Church is now a public Naloxone Access Point (NAP). To read more about the new NAP and its hours of operation, click here.

Read and watch the full KTTC story here.

Pictured: Maddy Reagan hosting a Naloxone Training at Grace Christian Church in Albert Lea, MN on Oct. 7th, 2022.
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