Community partners gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Rock County Public Health Department to assemble overdose leave-behind kits as part of a new county initiative.
Public Health Educator Shari Faber says the Overdose Hope Kits will include narcan, fentanyl test strips, a C-P-R face shield, drug disposal packs, and a resource card.
Faber says the county has seen a sharp increase in opiate related overdose deaths, with 40 combine in 2019 and 2020 and then 64 in 2021.
The kits were paid for with various grant funds awarded to the county to help address opioid overdoses.
