In recent years, many people have experienced poor mental health, with over 30% of adults in the United States reporting symptoms of anxiety and/or depression in February 2023.

As the opioid epidemic rages on, Northampton County is hoping a little bag can make a difference.

Northampton County is offering a new service it says will help to keep unused medications out of the wrong hands and prevent addiction before it starts.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Responding to America’s Overdose Crisis: An Examination of Legislation to Build Upon the SUPPORT Act.”

In 2022, provisional data indicated that more than two thirds (68%) of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in the United States involved synthetic opioids other than methadone, principally illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) (1).

There was a NARCAN distribution event in Northampton County late Thursday afternoon. The drive-thru was held to mark international Overdose Awareness Day.