Dr. Michael Kilkenney displays a EVZIO naloxone auto-injector, part of a new initiative in the fight against unintentional drug poisoning and overdoses, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Huntington City Hall.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A new partnership between the Cabell-Huntington Health Department and Kalo Pharma will provide Huntington with 2,200 units of a take-home naloxone autoinjector that patients, family members and addicts can use to save the life of someone who overdoses on opioids.
Several representatives from the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, the Marshall School of Pharmacy and the Mayor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, along with Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, were present Wednesday in City Hall to make the announcement.
Williams said the donation of the EVZIO kits provide the people of Huntington with 2,200 opportunities to save a life and to save families from the devastation of losing loved ones.
In 2015, there were at least 944 overdoses in Cabell County, 70 resulting in death…
