VA equips 200,000 Veterans with lifesaving naloxone
Summary/Excerpts
More than 200,000 veterans received naloxone, a pharmaceutical used to block the potentially deadly effects of opioids, through the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone (OEND) effort. The OEND program is multidisciplinary and focuses on vulnerable populations with educational efforts and Naloxone.
Key Statistics
Veterans are twice as likely to die from accidental overdose compared to the general U.S. population.
Citation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). VA equips 200,000 veterans with lifesaving naloxone. Retrieved from https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-equips-200000-veterans-with-lifesaving-naloxone/.