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Fourth Annual Save A Life Day Projected To Surpass Records

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In this photo illustration, a Narcan nasal overdose kit, given out free by the city of New York, is displayed as part of the Brooklyn Community Recovery Center's demonstration on how to use Narcan to revive a person in the case of a drug overdose.
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More states than ever before will distribute opioid reversal medication for Save A Life Day on Sept 26.

Save A Life Day began in 2020 as a pilot project in Kanawha and Putnam counties. 

By 2021, the project expanded to 17 counties, and then all 55 West Virginia counties participated in 2022.

Last year, all 13 Appalachian states participated, hosting more than 300 events and distributing more than 45,000 naloxone doses in a single day.

Four years after the project’s two-county start, 2024’s Save-A-Life Day events will be held in every state east of the Mississippi River, and a few beyond.

To find an event near you, visit soarwv.org/east

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with support from Marshall Health.