Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force, set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, 0.4mg/ml of Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses, Thursday morning, Sept. 23, 2021.
Groups like the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force, set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, 0.4mg/ml of Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses, Thursday morning, Sept. 23, 2021.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan to become available over-the-counter

Narcan is expected to retail at stores for $45. Could the development help address the opioid crisis in the Chicago area?

Groups like the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
By Landon Jones

Narcan, the nasal spray version of opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, will become available this week at pharmacy chains like Walgreens and Walmart without a prescription.

Reset talks with harm reduction experts about when and how to use the drug and how to reduce stigma surrounding substance use and addiction.

GUESTS: Fanya Burford-Berry, director, West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force

John Werning, executive director, Chicago Recovery Alliance

Chelsea Laliberte Barnes, founder and co-chair, Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition

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Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force, set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, 0.4mg/ml of Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses, Thursday morning, Sept. 23, 2021.
Groups like the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force, set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, 0.4mg/ml of Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses, Thursday morning, Sept. 23, 2021.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan to become available over-the-counter

Narcan is expected to retail at stores for $45. Could the development help address the opioid crisis in the Chicago area?

Groups like the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray, Naloxone and syringes to treat drug overdoses. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
By Landon Jones

Narcan, the nasal spray version of opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, will become available this week at pharmacy chains like Walgreens and Walmart without a prescription.

Reset talks with harm reduction experts about when and how to use the drug and how to reduce stigma surrounding substance use and addiction.

GUESTS: Fanya Burford-Berry, director, West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force

John Werning, executive director, Chicago Recovery Alliance

Chelsea Laliberte Barnes, founder and co-chair, Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons