News briefs: Health department becomes Project Dawn distribution site
LANCASTER — The Fairfield County Health Department (FCHD) was recently named an official Project DAWN distribution site by the Ohio Department of H...
LANCASTER — The Fairfield County Health Department (FCHD) was recently named an official Project DAWN distribution site by the Ohio Department of Health. Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone) is a network of opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution programs across the state. FCHD joins the more than 145 registered sites, statewide, in an effort to reduce overdoses and educate the residents of Fairfield County on the impacts of opioid misuse, abuse, and addition. "Over the past three years, more than 160 Fairfield County residents have died due to unintentional drug overdoses, primarily due to fentanyl and its analogs appearing in illicit and counterfeit prescription drugs.