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Camden County Addiction Awareness Task Force continues sponsoring free naloxone administration training

The Camden County Board of Freeholders Addiction Awareness Task Force is continuing to sponsor free trainings in Voorhees on how to administer the opiate-antidote naloxone to help reverse an opioid or heroin overdose.

The New Jersey Overdose Protection Act allows doctors in the state to prescribe naloxone to members of the public who might someday be in a position to assist someone going through an overdose.

The law eliminates criminal and civil penalties for those who administer naloxone to those who have overdosed, and so those who complete the training classes offered by the county will receive a free naloxone kit.

Classes will take place on the first Tuesday of every month from 6 to 8 p.m. for the rest of the year at the Living Proof Recovery Center at 108 Somerdale Road in Voorhees.

Remaining classes include Tuesdays, Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1 and Dec. 6.

To register for the classes, call (856) 225–0505.

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