Save a Life: Free Naloxone Day will be held Sept. 25 at 10 locations

Sep. 18, 2025

Monongalia County residents will have another chance to stock up on naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, during the QRT’s next Save a Life: Free Naloxone Day event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 at 10 locations. They are the WVU Health Sciences Center, the WVU Rec Center, the WVU Mountainlair, the courthouse plaza, Sabraton and Suncrest McDonald’s, Terra Cafe, Pop the Soda Shop, Clinton District Library and Pierpont Landing Pharmacy.
QRT members and volunteers will be on hand to distribute the fentanyl test strips and the Narcan brand of naloxone, and also train individuals how to administer this nasal-spray type of naloxone.
Save a Life Day began in West Virginia in 2021 and has quickly grown to other regions, according to information released by Soar WV, a Charleston-based community group that “promotes the health, dignity and voices of individuals who are impacted by drug use.”
This year, the observance will be held in all 50 states, with more than 100,000 doses expected to be handed out. Brittany Irick, the Monongalia County QRT coordinator, said the state has provided 1,704 two-dose kits to be distributed throughout the community.
“We’re happy that this has grown to be a nationwide event and every state will have at least one Save a Life Day location,” said QRT coordinator Brittany Irick.