TROY The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities is welcoming families struggling with addiction to join them in a new program utilizing the SMART technique.
Cars pulled up alongside an office building on Woodward Avenue in Birmingham on a recent Friday for an unusual curbside service: a 10-minute crash course on how to handle an overdose.
Before they leave, a volunteer hands the driver a small Save A Life kit through the car window containing two doses of Narcan.
The free, curbside crash courses are being offered by the Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities, a substance misuse prevention group that serves 55 cities and townships in Oakland County.
An increase in overdose deaths during COVID-19 has led the organization to find new ways to reach those in need, first with virtual training sessions and now with Narcan curbside training. Narcan is a brand of naloxone, the medication used to reverse overdose effects.
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