College of Pharmacy Receives $1M+ Grant to Combat Opioid Epidemic

UGA Today

Jan 15, 2025

Announces a new grant to combat the opioid epidemic in rural Georgia by training, supporting, and compensating 50 rural pharmacists in dispensing naloxone in addition to community education regarding local resources. Describes increases in overdose deaths and the use of fentanyl in Georgia.

Funding · Illicit drug use · Mortality · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Prescription drug misuse · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Georgia