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Great Prevention Club expands substance use prevention work at Fort Vancouver High School

November 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health

In a dimly lit room tucked away off one of the hallways at Fort Vancouver High School, two students filled small decorated pots with planting soil and tulip bulbs. They… Read story

How WA governor candidates would combat the fentanyl crisis

October 24, 2024, 7:44am Election

In the race for Washington governor, Democrat Bob Ferguson has touted more than $1 billion he’s won as attorney general to fight the fentanyl crisis. Read story

Firefighter-paramedic Connor Danielson hands car keys to mental health professional Janie Wadiak on Wednesday, while Danielson takes a call at Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue Station 21 in Ridgefield. The pair work as part of the Clark-Cowlitz Cares Team that can respond to community members experiencing crises.

First responders in Clark County have a new tool to fight opioid addiction after overdoses

October 21, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

First responders in Clark County can now administer a medication to treat opioid-use disorder through a statewide pilot program. Read story

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Fentanyl test strips, which can detect the presence of fentanyl in drugs, are coming to Clark College and Washington State University Vancouver this fall under a new state law.

Fentanyl test strips coming to Clark County college campuses as overdose deaths spike

September 13, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

Fentanyl test strips are coming to Washington State University Vancouver and Clark College campuses this fall, as mandated by a new state law. Read story

Nicole Hamberger, community engagement specialist for Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health, demonstrates how to inject naloxone at the Sept. 2 Hands Across the Bridge event in downtown Vancouver.

‘Naloxone saves lives’: Everyone should learn to give the overdose-reversing drug, says Clark County Public Health

September 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health

Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose. But there is a solution, public health officials say: Carry naloxone, even if you don’t think you know anyone who uses opioids. Read story

2024 Hands Across The Bridge annual event, which starts at Esther Short Park and eventually heads to the I-5 Bridge where attendees hold hands the entire length of the bridge.

Hands Across the Bridge celebrates recovery from addiction

September 2, 2024, 4:19pm Clark County News

Years ago, Mable Clark put her hands together in prayer and begged on her knees for God to take her addiction away. Read story

Cowlitz tribe again offering youth addiction treatment in Hazel Dell, one of few places in the county that treats youth

Substance use disorder professional Amie-Jo Brassfield sits in her office where she meets with youth at the Cowlitz Indian Tribe Health and Human Services office in Hazel Dell. The tribe recently started offering behavioral health services to youth there.

After a pause during the pandemic due to a lack of providers, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe now offers addiction treatment for youth at its Hazel Dell office. The clinic is one of few in Clark County that treats children and teenagers with substance use disorders. Read story

‘We can’t idly stand by and let children be harmed’: Lawmakers want to expand drug endangerment law

Rainbow fentanyl pills and powder come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes.

August 10, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

In early May, Vancouver police responded to their second call of the day involving a young child believed to have overdosed from illicit drugs — this one, a 3-year-old girl on fentanyl. Before they arrived, her grandmother gave her naloxone, a drug used to counteract opioid overdoses. It took two… Read story