Ahead of Sunday’s International Overdose Awareness Day, Dr. Christopher Calandrella, chair of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, took part in a tabling event on Thursday, providing education about substance misuse and distributing free NARCAN rescue kits in front of the hospital and at the Northwell-Go Health Urgent Care site at 98-81 Queens Blvd.

“It’s incredibly important to educate our community about substance use disorder and provide resources for people who may be dealing with this or know someone who is,” Calandrella said. “Our goal for these events is to support narcotic rehabilitation programs, which are part of a New York State-sponsored harm reduction program.”

According to the Department of Health, there were over 80,000 fatal overdoses in the United State

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