States have billions of dollars in unspent opioid settlement money they can use to address the crisis By Chris Sununu Most people understand that our country is facing a crisis of opioid addiction and deaths. To combat this, you need proven solutions and resources. Yet, a lot of the money that is supposed to be spent combating that crisis is instead sitting idle in government bank accounts.
2025-02-24
He was 11 years old when he showed up with little to no warning on the football field behind Doss High School. It was one of the few times that Tim Richardson, who ran the local youth football league, didn’t have the skinny on one of the players. “No one knew who he was,” said Richardson. “We didn’t know what to do with him.
2024-11-12
More than a quarter of a million students have enrolled in Tennessee’s community colleges, universities, and private colleges this fall. Parents and administrators should know that the risks of recreational drug use have changed dramatically with the spread of hidden fentanyl. The advice and resources they give to kids must change, too.
2024-09-12
A small amount of Narcan nasal spray can save the life of someone in the middle of an opioid overdose. It's effective, easy to use, and, like a fire extinguisher, should always be on hand. But it might soon be harder to find in Colorado.
2024-08-08
A mobile clinic devoted to treating opioid use disorder took its debut voyage to Second Baptist Church in Malvern last Monday. Its aim: to help solve Arkansas’s opioid problem by meeting addicted people living in rural communities right where they are.
2024-03-27
When 23-year-old William Magee drew his last breath, he was a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi, where he was enrolled in the Honors College, had lettered in track and was plotting his future as a lawyer. His father, David Magee, found his body on his apartment floor, dead from an opioid overdose of something that probably was or included fentanyl, a relatively little-understood drug at the time.
2024-03-25
OXFORD, Miss. – In response to the alarming rise of fentanyl poisonings and drug overdoses nationwide, the nonprofit HarborPath unveiled Tuesday a pioneering awareness campaign aimed at protecting college students and saving lives. Leveraging Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), HarborPath is collaborating with student-athletes from the University of Mississippi to connect students with life-saving resources.
2024-02-27
Rebel athletes partner with HarborPath to raise awareness on the dangers of fentanyl laced pills. First published for Sports Illustrated by Noah Henderson, February 4, 2024
2024-02-04
The case for Narcan in schools goes beyond saving the lives of students. It can help save their families. Overdose deaths among young people in the U.S. nearly doubled from 2019 to 2020, and that number continues to rise. In Kentucky alone more than 2,000 people died from overdoses in 2022 — mostly attributable to fentanyl.
2023-12-06
A new partnership is launching a pilot program aimed at saving lives. During the Pike County School District Nov. 14 meeting, the board unanimously approved the launch of a pilot program in partnership with Harbor Path and FFF Enterprises that will make Naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan, more available to those who need it. According to Ken Trogdon, with Harbor Path, the purpose of the program is to save the lives of those most vulnerable to overdose poisoning by distribution of Naloxone within an arm's length of every potential overdose victim. “We are really focused on putting Narcan in the homes of families in Eastern Kentucky,” said Trogdon.
2023-11-24
