http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 00:59:43 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/ed44a92aa3624a4ebb28c0eb23ddec44 ed44a92aa3624a4ebb28c0eb23ddec44 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:02:43 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:ASSOCIATED PRESSAlbany, Georgia – 23 January 2023 1. Jessie Blanchard stands next to Jeep - UPSOUND: "I've got glass… and hugs! Glass and hugs!" HEADLINE: Advocates call for more naloxone access2. Naloxone inside plastic bag in bin ASSOCIATED PRESSRoyal Oak, Michigan – 6 March 20183. An EMS worker holds a box of naloxone ANNOTATION: Access has improved to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone still isn't getting to everyone who needs it.ASSOCIATED PRESS New York - 5 July 20184. Naloxone ASSOCIATED PRESSAlbany, Georgia – 23 January 2023 5. Blanchard speaks with clientANNOTATION: Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough naloxone to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose.++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 5++6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessie Blanchard, 229 Safer Living Access, Founder: "Somebody had to do something. My baby has been on the streets and she has suffered several overdoses. So I started this in an attempt to save my baby."7. Various of volunteers handing out supplies ANNOTATION: Now she loads her Jeep every week and heads out with volunteers to bring the antidote and other supplies to hundreds of others in Albany, Georgia.++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 7++8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jasmine Kincheloe, 229 Safer Living Access, Volunteer: "Just about everyone that we see on a weekly basis has been saved by one of ours. It's sad, but at the same time, I'm so glad that we could help."9. Volunteers putting supplies in plastic bag ANNOTATION: Naloxone is still often inaccessible in many communities across the country, especially in the moments when overdoses happen.10. Clients take supplies from bags, bins ANNOTATION: State and local government officials are starting to receive funds from opioid settlements.11. Jessie speaking with clientANNOTATION: Public health experts are asking them to consider getting more naloxone into the hands of people who use drugs and those who are around them.12. Volunteers putting supplies in plastic bags ++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS 11 AND 12++13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jasmine Kincheloe, 229 Safer Living Access, Volunteer:"Our community knows that we're a safe resource, and we're working with the bare minimum right now, and they're still very thankful, but we really wish that we could provide more."14. Jessie speaks with a client ANNOTATION: Blanchard gets naloxone through Georgia Opioid Prevention. In 2022, she handed out more than 1,800 doses.++FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 16 AND 17++15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessie Blanchard, 229 Safer Living Access, Founder:"I didn't save their lives. They saved their own lives when they decided to connect with somebody who could love them unconditionally and get what they need in their hands."16. Volunteers bagging supplies17. Jessie hugs client STORYLINE:Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose.She pleaded with colleagues at the college where she's an adjunct teacher in Albany, Georgia, to use their prescription benefits to get two doses every six months.Now she loads her Jeep every week and heads out with two other volunteers to bring the antidote — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — to hundreds of others in the town of 70,000. At stops at parking lots and intersections, she also supplies clean needles, fentanyl test strips and a nonjudgmental sounding board. At least nine times in December alone, Blanchard said, rescue drugs she provided were used to reverse overdoses.Naloxone, available as a nasal spray and in an injectable form, is a key tool in the battle against a nationwide overdose crisis linked to the deaths of more than 100,000 people annually in the U.S. State and federal policy changes have removed some major obstacles to getting it into the hands of police, firefighters, people who use drugs and their loved ones.But it's still often frustratingly inaccessible in the moments when overdoses happen.Public health experts are telling the state and local government officials in charge of using funds from opioid settlements to consider getting more naloxone into the hands of people who use drugs and those who are around them. 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Advocate urges better opioid rescue drug access