This year to date, 11 trainings have been conducted to educate 718 Brooklyn residents about overdose prevention and response and to dispense a total of 625 naloxone kits. Last year, 350 residents of Brooklyn died of drug overdoseĪug– As part of HealingNYC, the Health Department announced today that more than 700 Brooklyn residents have been trained in overdose prevention through a partnership with Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.
Through the partnership, 11 overdose prevention trainings have been conducted at libraryīranches in nine Brooklyn neighborhoods to distribute over 600 naloxone kits Health Department Announces More Than 700 Brooklyn Residents Trained In Overdose Prevention through Partnership with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the Brooklyn Public Library
