Posted on May 6, 2022
Missouri's federal funding for Narcan has ended even as overdoses escalate
843
33
5
13
13
0
From January 2019 to January 2020, 1,597 Missourians died from overdoses. Over the next 12 months, that number increased to 1,952, according to CDC data. However, a federal grant to help Missouri purchase and distribute naloxone has expired.
Since 2016, the state of Missouri has relied on a federal grant to help purchase and distribute naloxone, often known as Narcan, a life-saving treatment that can reverse potentially fatal overdoses. That grant has expired, leaving treatment providers without a centralized resource to turn to for the medicine.
With no long-term replacement for the money, providers say the loss of some of Missouri’s Narcan resources could worsen the state’s drug overdose crisis. In 1999, the rate of drug overdoses that ended in death was 5%. By 2020, the rate increased to 32.1%.
Since 2016, the state of Missouri has relied on a federal grant to help purchase and distribute naloxone, often known as Narcan, a life-saving treatment that can reverse potentially fatal overdoses. That grant has expired, leaving treatment providers without a centralized resource to turn to for the medicine.
With no long-term replacement for the money, providers say the loss of some of Missouri’s Narcan resources could worsen the state’s drug overdose crisis. In 1999, the rate of drug overdoses that ended in death was 5%. By 2020, the rate increased to 32.1%.
Missouri's federal funding for Narcan has ended even as overdoses escalate
Posted from kcur.orgPosted in these groups: 
DrugsState of Missouri
DrugsState of Missouri
Posted 2 y ago
Responses: 4
9
9
0
7
7
0
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."No reliable cash flow for harm reduction in Missouri
The grant wrapped up in August. Since then, groups across the state have shifted the ways they source Narcan.
“We certainly have felt concerned because MO-Hope had such high name recognition and they really had been the primary driver of naloxone distribution in the state,” said Emily Hage, CEO of First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention.
From January 2019 to January 2020, 1,597 Missourians died from overdoses. Over the next 12 months, that number increased to 1,952, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hage said the state mental health department and the Missouri Institute of Mental Health still have some Narcan to distribute, but supplies are dwindling."...
..."No reliable cash flow for harm reduction in Missouri
The grant wrapped up in August. Since then, groups across the state have shifted the ways they source Narcan.
“We certainly have felt concerned because MO-Hope had such high name recognition and they really had been the primary driver of naloxone distribution in the state,” said Emily Hage, CEO of First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention.
From January 2019 to January 2020, 1,597 Missourians died from overdoses. Over the next 12 months, that number increased to 1,952, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hage said the state mental health department and the Missouri Institute of Mental Health still have some Narcan to distribute, but supplies are dwindling."...
(7)
(0)
2
2
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google