Beginning in March, MDC’s Recovery Support Team has been hard at work with harm reduction outreach in our community. Jessica Stanley, MDC’s Knox County ROPS, and other staff members have targeted specific areas in our community to hand out Narcan kits and safely dispose of needles. The numbers below are for the areas of east and south Knoxville.

March: 

  • 122 narcan kits distributed
  • 200 needles disposed safely

April: 

  • 363 narcan kits distributed
  • 350 needles disposed safely

May: 

  • 204 narcan kits distributed
  • 120 needles disposed safely

June:

  • 279 kits distributed
  • 240 needles safely disposed
  • 600 condoms distributed

 

July:

  • 540 narcan kits distributed
  • 165 needles safely disposed
  • 900 condoms distributed

 

as of August 23:

  • 377 narcan kits distributed
  • 180 needles safely disposed of
  • 220 condoms distributed
  • 40 individual safe syringe boxes distributed

If you or someone you know is in need of Narcan, please contact Jessica Stanley at jstanley@metrodrug.org or 865-440-5598.