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DPH official urges naloxone, testing strips and an app to prevent fentanyl deaths
Summary
A Department of Public Health official urged people to carry naloxone, test drugs for fentanyl, avoid using alone and highlighted a DPH app (transcribed as 'Norof', referenced with norosaves.com) with overdose recognition and naloxone guidance.
A Department of Public Health official urged widespread use of naloxone and fentanyl testing strips and announced a DPH-supported app intended to help people recognize and respond to overdoses.
"So 1 of the things that we are saying to everybody here, like, as a public health official, is that assume that the drugs that you get on the drug market have fentanyl," the official said, urging people to test for fentanyl when possible and to ensure friends and family have naloxone on hand.
The official described DPH's digital resource, referenced in the transcript as the "Norof app" and norosaves.com, saying it will explain signs and symptoms of overdose, how to administer naloxone and where to obtain it. The official also repeated practical harm-reduction guidance: do not use alone and make sure bystanders can administer naloxone.
The official framed these measures as immediate, practical steps to reduce deaths while people seek treatment for opioid use disorder.
