Marshall County Health Department to Offer Narcan Training This Week in Plymouth, Culver

A few chances to learn to use the potentially life-saving drug Narcan are being offered by the Marshall County Health Department this week. Training sessions will be held today at 11:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Community Resource Center in Plymouth. Health board member Tracy Fox told the Culver Town Council last week that a third training has been scheduled for this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at the Culver Beach Lodge.

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Spike in Drug Overdoses Seen in Marshall County Last Weekend

A spike in drug overdoses over the Thanksgiving weekend has the Marshall County Health Department urging residents to learn to use the overdose reversal drug Narcan. A total of seven overdose events were reported in Marshall County last Saturday and Sunday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health Overdose Surveillance Team. None of them were fatal.

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Free Narcan Training Class to be Held by the Marshall County Health Department Tonight

The U.S Surgeon General and former Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams recently issued an advisory recommending that more Americans carry the opioid overdose-reversing drug, naloxone otherwise known as Narcan.

The Marshall County Health Department has been offering free community Narcan training throughout the month of April and tonight is your final chance to attend one of these life-saving classes. The training will be held at 5 p.m. at the Community Resource Center at 510 West Adams Street in Plymouth. Continue reading

Community Resource Center Update Expected During Marshall County Commissioners Meeting

Marshall County Commissioners (L to R) Deb Griewank, Kevin Overmyer and Kurt Garner
Marshall County Commissioners (L to R) Deb Griewank, Kevin Overmyer and Kurt Garner

The Marshall County Commissioners are expected to get an update on the County Health Department’s move to the Community Resource Center. It’s designed to free up space at the Marshall County Building for the expansion of the County Prosecutor’s Office. Continue reading