LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Saving a life one spray at a time.

UNLV is giving away free doses of Narcan or Naloxone, a life saving medication that reverse the effects of an opioid overdose or death.

Kathy Underwood is a nurse practitioner and the executive director of the UNLV Student Wellness Center.

"We realize that opioid deaths and overdoses and emergencies can happen anywhere at any time," said Underwood. "Opioids include everything from prescription pain medication, but can also be found in recreational substances and sometimes fentanyl is an opioid and can be added to a recreational drug or substance that someone may not that it's in there or taking it."

The pharmacy also offers Narcan training, so anyone can safely use it.

"It's a box of two doses. It's a nasal spray, so there's no inj

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