104 Narcan Doses Provided At Huntington's Summer In The Streets Event

HUNTINGTON, NY — People having fun during Huntington's Summer in the Streets event were educated on the importance of Narcan and how it can help save the life of someone who is overdosing, according to a news release.

The Suffolk County Police Department provided 104 doses of Narcan to attendees of the street festival on Aug. 7, while The Purple Rock Project helped people memorialize their loved ones lost to overdose by writing their names on a rock.

The Narcan training was conducted by SCPD Emergency Medical Service Officer Jason Byron, who educated the public on how accidental opioid exposures can affect individuals of any age. He also said that simply having Narcan in the home does not indicate substance abuse, but rather preparedness and care for loved ones.

Carole Trottere, a mother who lost her son, Alex, to fentanyl, met several family members who had lost loved ones to overdose. She helped them create memorial rocks and also distributed information from Long Island Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

For more information about the Purple Rock Project, people may email Trottere at catrottere@gmail.com.

For more information about the SCPD’s Narcan training opportunities, people may call 631-853-7067 or email jason.byron@suffolkcounty.gov.

People should be on the lookout for the SCPD Narcan training table and the Purple Rocks at the following events this summer:

• Tuesday, Aug. 12
  • Alive by the Bay in Bay Shore
  • Main Street
  • 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 14
  • Patchogue Alive After 5
  • Main Street
  • 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 21
  • Babylon Summer Block party
  • Main Street
  • 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.