Narcan saves lives in opioid epidemic but is only first step

Nichelle Willams pulls stickers off boxes with Commissioner Valerie “Nurr’araaluk” Davidson on a Narcan kit assembly line at Covenant House in March. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)The state’s Department of Health and Social Services is starting to distribute Narcan kits around Alaska. The nasal spray stops opioid overdoses.
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Late last month a group at the Covenant House in Anchorage assembled the kits. 20-year-old Nichelle Williams was among them, ripping st