New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition Offers FREE Narcan® Training

Press release from the Village of New Lenox:

FREE Narcan® (Naloxone) Training

The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition, in partnership with the Will County Executive’s Office, is offering FREE Narcan® training on Monday, January 25, 2021 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, via Zoom. Registration is being handled through Eventbrite via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-narcan-naloxone-training-tickets-134443659605. A link to the Zoom videoconference will be sent via email to everyone that registers.

Narcan® (Naloxone) is a medicine that blocks the effects of opioids and reverses a drug overdose. The combination of training and having a Narcan® Nasal Spray Kit can save a life!

Dr. Kathleen Burke, Director of Will County Office of Substance Use Initiatives, will be the instructor for this class. Dr. Burke will also provide everyone in attendance with a Narcan® Nasal Spray Kit, upon completion of the training. Arrangements for the pick-up of the kits will be announced during the Zoom videoconference.

For additional questions about the Narcan® (Naloxone) training, contact Daniel Martin, Safe Community Coordinator, Village of New Lenox, by email - dmartin@newlenox.net or by phone (815) 462-6493.

This press release was produced by the Village of New Lenox. The views expressed here are the author's own.