As part of its ongoing efforts to fight opioid abuse, UW-Milwaukee has installed the naloxone nasal spray Narcan in several locations on its campuses in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Washington County.
Naloxone is an easy-to-use medication that temporarily reverses the potentially fatal effects of an opioid overdose. Boxes of the medication were installed over the summer across the Milwaukee campus, including in all residence halls, the Student Union and the Golda Meir Library, and the main entrances of UWM at Washington County and UWM at Waukesha.
Each box of Narcan contains step-by-step instructions for how to administer. Training on how to give Narcan is not required but is available for anyone who is interested.
Opioid abuse has been a growing problem nationwide over the last several years, and overdose deaths have been increasing at an alarming rate, both locally and nationally. Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, is the primary driver of the increase in overdose deaths.
More information is available here and on the Student Health and Wellness Center webpage.
