Macon schools to consider policy on Narcan

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Wednesday, 13/12/2023

Macon County Schools will follow the example of several other school districts and consider a policy on administration of Narcan. 

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Tribe adopts overdose tracking tool

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Wednesday, 26/04/2023

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has become the first tribal nation to adopt a tool that gives real-time updates on where and when people are overdosing on drugs — essential knowledge in an ever-shifting and ever-raging drug epidemic.

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