{"id":293283,"date":"2026-09-24T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293283\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:30:07","slug":"save-a-life-day-offers-narcan-awareness-of-substance-use-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293283\/","title":{"rendered":"Save a Life Day offers Narcan, awareness of substance use disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness in Olyphant participated in Save a Life Day on Thursday by distributing free Narcan to members of the community. Save a Life Day is a nationwide day of action focused on expanding access to naloxone, increasing awareness about overdose prevention and reducing the stigma surrounding substance use disorder. Naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, is an easy-to-use nasal spray that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose. \u201cHaving Narcan readily available can mean the difference between life and death during an overdose emergency,\u201d said Eric Pusey, R.Ph., CDE, owner of Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness, in a news release. \u201cAs a community pharmacy, we want our neighbors to feel informed, prepared and supported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pharmacist and owner of Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness Eric...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/STT-L-NARCAN-0925-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pharmacist and owner of Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness Eric Pusey holds up a Narcan package in front of his pharmacy in Olyphant Thursday, September 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Narcan is shown during Save a Life Day in front...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/STT-L-NARCAN-0925-03.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Narcan is shown during Save a Life Day in front of Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness in Olyphant Thursday, September 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 2<\/p>\n<p>Pharmacist and owner of Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness Eric Pusey holds up a Narcan package in front of his pharmacy in Olyphant Thursday, September 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Better Health Pharmacy &amp; Wellness in Olyphant participated in Save a Life Day on Thursday by distributing free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,2120,28,727,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-293283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-olyphant","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}