Funding for opioid treatment seeks to slow overdose rate in Kansas

Kansas has seen more than 10,000 suspected overdoses this year

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November 15, 2023 - 3:25 PM

As of Oct. 31, there were 10,280 suspected overdoses documented so far this year, according to public health analyst DJ Gering. Naloxone was administered in approximately 1,614 of these cases, Gering said in a Nov. 3 presentation to board members. Photo by PIXABAY

TOPEKA — As opioid overdoses in Kansas show no sign of slowing down, officials have unrolled new funding to tackle school-level prevention initiatives and stock more homes with emergency overdose treatments. 

The Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board has given a substance abuse treatment organization $594,519 for use in three projects throughout the state.

The organization, DCCA, will use the funds to implement a Douglas County school-based prevention program, distribute naloxone in Johnson, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties and increase men’s residential…

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