The number of U.S. lives lost to opioid overdose has been increasing for nearly two decades in an epidemic that affects people of all ages, races and geographic areas to include Marshall.
In seeing an increase in opioid overdoses in Marshall, the Marshall Police Department has had all officers attend training through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Overdose Education and Naloxone Administration Training for First Responders.
Opioids kill by depressing respiration to the point that insufficient oxygen is available to brain and other cells, a condition termed as hypoxia. Naloxone displaces opioids from the brain receptors to which they attach, reversing their effects and restoring normal respiration. The public health challenge is ensuring that naloxone is available when and where it is needed.
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