{"id":125705,"date":"2023-12-04T17:48:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=125705"},"modified":"2023-12-04T17:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:48:25","slug":"northampton-county-continues-to-offer-free-narcan-trainings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=125705","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County Continues to Offer Free Narcan Trainings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>County Executive Lamont G. McClure announced that the Northampton County Drug and Alcohol Division continues to offer Narcan training as part of the County\u2019s Fentanyl Awareness campaign, Fake is Real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation and training are the first steps in fighting against substance abuse and addiction,\u201d says Executive Lamont G. McClure. Training participants will learn about the different types of opioids, identify signs and symptoms of opioid abuse and overdose, know how to safely store and dispose of prescription medications, and identify community resources for people facing addiction. Participants also learn how to administer Narcan, a life-saving medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. Participants will receive a free Narcan kit.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in the training should contact Gretchen Hill at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ghill@norcopa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ghill@norcopa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Northampton County\u2019s Fake is Real campaign, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fakeisreal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>fakeisreal.org<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO: County Executive Lamont G. McClure and Northampton County Drug and Alcohol Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: Narcan Training Offered for Northampton County Employees and Northampton County Residents<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1\/11\/24 \u2013 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the Northampton County DHS Building, Conference Room 3, 2801 Emrick Blvd, Bethlehem<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1\/18\/24 \u2013 2:00 p.m. at the Northampton County Courthouse, Government Center Training Room, 669 Washington St, Easton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2\/8\/24 \u2013 5:30 p.m. at the Easton\/Phillipsburg Branch of Greater Valley YMCA, 1350 Sullivan Trail, Easton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2\/13\/24 \u2013 1:00 p.m. at the Easton\/Phillipsburg Branch of Greater Valley YMCA, 1350 Sullivan Trail, Easton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nCounty of Northampton<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County Executive Lamont G. McClure announced that the Northampton County Drug and Alcohol Division continues to offer Narcan training as part of the County\u2019s Fentanyl Awareness campaign, Fake is Real. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=125705\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northampton County Continues to Offer Free Narcan Trainings<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NC-Northampton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}