Addiction recovery groups reach out helping hand, distribute Narcan doses

Pictured: Tyler Lindsay, recovery mentor, Bridges To Change
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Groups gathered in Northeast Portland to link people with doses of a life-saving drug.

Hundreds of packs of Narcan were handed out Saturday, January 8, in a joint effort between Bridges to Change and 4th Dimension Recovery.

Narcan, a prepackaged nasal spray that is FDA approved,is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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