The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths, while still high, are dropping, except in two states, Nevada being one of them.
Several law enforcement agencies are holding drug take-back events in northern Nevada on Saturday.
The Naloxone training event taught by the Life Change Center is free and open to all residents in the community.
The task force will address the increasing rates of fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Nevada.
As drug overdose deaths continue to increase in Nevada, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health announced that Naloxone is now available statewide for free and without a prescription.
Local law enforcement say they're now finding cocaine and meth laced with fentanyl.
Judge Dorthy Nash Holmes announced that the Reno Municipal Court has 200 Naloxone kits that will be given away free to anyone who asks.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is announcing a new program that provides overdose education and naloxone kits to selected inmates as they are released.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is issuing each Deputy Nasal Narcan or Naloxone. In addition each deputy will be issued a Personal Protective Equipment specific to Fentanyl exposure.
The nation's chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation's opioid crisis and save lives.