CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s Healthy Minds – Clarksburg will again lead Harrison County’s participation in Save a Life Day on Thursday, Sept. 25, working with community volunteers and partner organizations to host 10 distribution sites.

Once at the epicenter of the nation’s overdose crisis, West Virginia reported a 42 percent drop in overdose fatalities in 2024. Save a Life Day has played a part in that progress.

What began as a two-county pilot program in 2020 has now expanded nationwide, with all 50 states joining the movement this year to provide naloxone, reduce stigma, and save lives. Across the country, organizers plan to distribute more than 100,000 doses of naloxone in a single day.

Naloxone, more well-known by one of its brand names, Narc

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