UMaine Extension announces opioid overdose community first responder training in partnership with Rhode Island

MAINE – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new online training program to help combat the opioid overdose crisis in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension. The Community First Responder Program aims to provide education and resources to rural Mainers to help recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. “Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death in adults under 50 and we are feeling the effects of the epidemic acutely here in Maine,” says Lisa Phelps, Extension program administrator. “Just two years ago, we recorded the highest number of overdose deaths everRead More