Logan County Sheriff and other local organizations to distribute free Narcan kits

[October 30, 2020]  The Logan County Sheriff’s Office, Logan County Probation, and Tazwood Center for Wellness are participating in a program to help those struggling with drug addiction.

The program provides free kits that will be made available, no questions asked, in the following locations:

• In the front lobby of the Logan County Safety Complex

• At the Logan County Courthouse either in Probation or the first floor bathrooms

• At Tazwood Center for Wellness.

The kits contain local resource information for drug addiction as well as doses of Naloxone (Narcan).

The Drug Overdose Prevention Program grant covers 40 counties in Illinois, providing free opioid education, overdose awareness and prevention, as well as Naloxone (Narcan) training and distribution. These services are provided by full or in part by a contract with Unitypoint Health UnityPlace, from the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, as part of the Illinois Opioid State Targeted Response grant from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

[Sheriff Mark Landers]