Volunteers go Door to Door to Teach Narcan Use in Maine

Over the last couple of decades, the work it takes to keep drugs off the streets of Maine has likely tripled.

It's no secret that the drug epidemic has reached a fever pitch, not just here in Maine, but all around the country. And now, local police departments, drug enforcement agencies, sheriff's offices and state police units are working overtime to try and curb the drugs that have flooded our towns.

But it's not just people who use illicit substances that are in need of education about the dangers, but members of the community are now the focus of a volunteer effort about how to reverse deadly overdoses using Narcan.

According to an article that was published by WGME 13, the group called Project Doorstep, has begun a door-to-door campaign in the town of Winthrop, Maine.

Project leaders tell the news station that their focus is on teaching those who are willing to learn, how to use the life-saving overdose-reversal spray, Narcan, also called naloxone.

The group, which has partnered with the Zysk Sober House in Winthrop, says that their overall goal is to teach neighbors in the community to use narcan in the event that one of their own neighbors experiences an overdose, according to the news station.

Jon Reynolds, a community organizer who says narcan has saved his life multiple times, told WGME in part,

"I think it's super important because there are a lot of people out there who are struggling with substance use disorder, and they don't know how to find help, or where to go for help,”

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