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Groups offer free Narcan

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Opioid-related deaths in Texas have risen almost 200% since 2006, according to state data, which is why some Bastrop County organizations are making the overdose-reversing drug Narcan available for free.“Everywhere. I think it should be accessible everywhere,” said Melissa “Missy” Noah, a withdrawal management supervisor at Bluebonnet Trails Community Services. “But definitely, in, you know, drugstores, which it is. It should be in schools, doctors’ offices, just anywhere.”That is why her organization and several others in the Bastrop area are distributing Narcan at no cost.“We have purchased 3,696 cartons of Narcan for $146,736,” Noah added, who runs the Outreach, Screening,

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