Recovery First: Recovery First Treatment Center Hosts Free Overdose Training Session for the Community

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Aug. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In recognition of Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, Recovery First Treatment Center is educating the community on how to save lives. In 2021, the country saw yet another record year of overdose deaths with more than 107,000 lives lost, a 15% increase from the number of overdose deaths in 2020, and Florida was not spared from those results. The primary driver of last year's deaths was the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which accounted for more than 88% of all opioid overdose deaths and more than 66% of all total overdose deaths. As a result, Recovery First will host a free virtual training session accessible to any member of the community on how to administer the life-saving opioid overdose antidote Narcan®. Recovery First's virtual training session will take place on Full story available on Benzinga.com