Sand Gap Community Center Gets Life Saving Kiosk

The Cumberland River Regional Prevention Center, Clay/Jackson ASAP and Livingstone Outreach have partnered to place a naloxone kiosk at the Sand Gap Community Center in Jackson County, Kentucky.

The kiosk provides free naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, without questions or judgment. The medication can reverse an opioid overdose, giving bystanders a critical opportunity to save a life while emergency help is on the way.

By making Narcan readily available, the partnership gives residents a practical tool to respond quickly in an emergency and helps strengthen community safety.
Although Kentucky does not have a precise annual count, Narcan has reversed many opioid overdoses across the state and gives witnesses time to call for emergency help. State sources track measures such as naloxone distribution, reported overdose responses, and overdose deaths.

Kentucky describes naloxone as a medication that restores breathing during an opioid overdose and emphasizes that rapid access can prevent death. Its current strategy aims to make naloxone available for at least 80% of witnessed overdoses.

In 2025, Kentucky recorded 1,110 total drug overdose deaths, marking the fourth consecutive annual decline from a pandemic-era peak.
While state data tracking the precise, final opioid-specific breakdown for 2025 is still being compiled, opioids typically account for roughly 80% to 90% of all overdose fatalities in the state. In 2024, there were 1,410 total overdose deaths recorded in Kentucky. Fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) was present in 62.3% of all fatal cases.

Surrounding counties have the highest overdose death rates in the state. In 2025, Lee County had the highest death due to overdose rate in the state with 123.1 per 100,000 (9 total) deaths recorded. Estill County had the second highest rate at 78.6 per 100,000 (11 total). Rockcastle County had the third highest rate at 74 per 100,000 (12 total). Clay County ranked 9th in the state with 56.1 deaths per 100,000 (11 total).

The data for Jackson County was suppressed but indicated that in 2025 there were fewer than 5 deaths due to overdose recorded.