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The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Mark Brown, right, co-founder of Zoe Freedom Center, explains how Narcan is used to patrons of Imperial Cuts and Braids in Fredericksburg, Va., on Saturday, Jun. 18, 2022. The Popes said they were honored when Zoe Freedom Center, a faith-based recovery program in Spotsylvania, recently launched a Mobile Harm Reduction Unit, or “Narcan van,” in memory of Lauren Pope, who was 26 when she died after snorting heroin laced with fentanyl. (Tristan Lorei/The Free Lance-Star via AP)

Virginia-based van, training targets opioid overdoses

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