UPDATE - Save-a-life Day has been moved to September 8th, 2021 (due to expected weather)
More than a dozen counties will participate in West Virginia Save-a-Life Day, a free naloxone event on September 1 including Berkeley, Boone, Cabell, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Logan, Marion, McDowell, Mercer, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Putnam, Wayne, Wetzel, and Wyoming counties. Earlier this year, Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, and Wood counties hosted their first free naloxone days. By the end of 2021, all West Virginia counties which accounted for 80% of fatal overdoses in 2020 will have hosted a free naloxone day. More than four out of every five fatal overdoses in West Virginia in 2020 involved an opioid. Naloxone is a powerful and proven antidote for reversing opioid overdoses. 2021 marks the 50th year naloxone has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Participating Counties and Points of Contact:
Kanawha County, Joe Solomon, josolomon@gmail.com
Cabell County, Carrie Ware, cware97@gmail.com
Berkeley County, Caroline Wilson, caroline.wilson.m@wvumedicine.org
Monongalia County, Laura Jones, LauraJonesMPHR@hotmail.com
Logan County, John Kangas, jkangas@lccwv.us
Mercer County, Wilimena Jones, wilimenajones@shcmhc.com
Ohio County, Claudia Raymer, ohiocountyfrn@yahoo.com
Harrison County, Cassidy Thompson, cassidyathompson1992@gmail.com
Marion County, Raven Lee, ravenlee0906@gmail.com
McDowell County, wilimenajones@shcmhc.com
Jefferson County, Caroline Wilson, caroline.wilson.m@wvumedicine.org
Putnam County, Brian Holley, brian@regionalfrn.org
Boone County, Darynann Washington, darynann@sostento.org
Morgan County, Caroline Wilson, caroline.wilson.m@wvumedicine.org
Wayne County, Tina Ramirez, ramirezt@marshall.edu
Wetzel County, Dawnita Matthews, matthewsdawnita@gmail.com
Wyoming County, wilimenajones@shcmhc.com
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