WHEELING — People struggling with drug addiction or those trying to help loved ones get clean took advantage of free naloxone and other resources during National Save a Life Day in Wheeling on Thursday.

Members of the Ohio County Family Resource Network, Youth Services System, Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department, the AIDS Task Force of the Upper Ohio Valley and a few volunteers were on hand for the event held on 18th Street near the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center.

Claudia Raymer, executive director of the Ohio County FRN, said the group anticipated giving out about 70 naloxone kits, but they brought 100 kits just in case more people showed up.

Naloxone, often referred to by the brand name Narcan, is a drug used to reverse the effects of opioids when someone is overdosing. It

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