By David Miller
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama School of Social Work’s efforts to stem opioid use and rates of overdose deaths in Alabama have a new focus: first responders.
The School’s Vital Team, which oversees a trio of state-focused behavioral health projects, will soon begin work on “Project FREEDOM: First Responder Expansion of Education and Distribution of Overdose Medication,” which aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths in rural Alabama through training first responders at varying local levels on how to respond to opioid overdoses, particularly the administration of Narcan, an emergency drug used to treat opioid overdoses.
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