MEDFORD, Ore. — Local organization ‘Max’s Mission’ is hosting the fifth annual southern Oregon Overdose Awareness Day this Saturday. From 2 to 5 p.m. at Medford’s Hawthorne park the group will be handing out free Naloxone. Naloxone is a medication that reverses ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore.– Jackson County Public Health remains on red alert after a recent spike of fatal and non-fatal overdoses. The county issued the alert Saturday and expect it to continue throughout the week. Meanwhile, a coordinated effort by the ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Jackson County Public Health and Human Services has reported they’ve seen an increase in accidental overdoses from illegal opioids. The red alert is being issued based on a sharp spike of overdoses occurring within the ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — On Saturday, organizations from all over the community are coming together to raise awareness about opioid overdose. It’s the third year local non-profit, Max’s Mission, is organizing the event at downtown Medford’s Pear Blossom Park. There will ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Deputies used Narcan to help revive a teen who they suspected had overdosed. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said on the evening of November 7, a 15-year-old reportedly overdosed at a home on Brandy Lane. When ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — Doctor Jim shames, the Jackson County Public Health officer says Oregon has made the most progress out of any other state in the nation when it comes to reducing opioid prescriptions and overdoses. Dr. Shames says the ...
Medford, Ore.- A local cab company is taking on the opioid epidemic. “The drivers as you can imagine, see a lot of stuff at night that we don’t want to see but nonetheless it happens,” Valley Cab owner Craig Owen ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– A local non-profit held a training on correctly using a drug to reverse overdoses. It comes on the heels of Medford Police reporting 6 heroin overdoses in the last 30 days. Max’s Mission met with people at the ...
Medford, Ore. — Rogue Community Health is working to get naloxone into the hands of its patients. The drug counteracts opioid and heroin overdoses. Rogue Community Health Pharmacy staff said current patients can get the antidote at little to no ...
Medford, Ore.– In January 2013, Max Pinsky overdosed on heroin at the age of 25. He was one of four young Ashland men to overdose that winter. Max, who had been attending school and working up to that point, caught ...