Opioid Resources

STAY ALIVE. STAY SAFE.

Free NARCAN® vending machine

TCPL, in partnership with REACH Medical, offers free no-questions asked NARCAN® in a vending machine near the main entrance to the library. All you have to do is key in the number for a stocked shelf, and a free 2-pack of the opioid overdose reversal medication will be dispensed.

Monthly Opioid Overdose & NARCAN® Response Training with REACH Medical

Every 1^st Thursday 4:00 - 5:00 pm
BorgWarner Room

Learn the signs of an opioid overdose and how to respond, and get a chance to ask questions to medical and addiction professionals. Those in attendance will receive a rescue kit that includes two doses of NARCAN® along with a one-way rescue breather and drug test strips.

Registration is encouraged using the link above.

Meditation and Mindfulness with Anna Salamone

Every 1^st Tuesday 5:00 - 6:30 pm
BorgWarner Room

Join Anna Salamone of FireFly Farm Retreat for a monthly meditation and mindfulness practice. Anna is a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher, and has experience facilitating a variety of mindfulness, meditation, and stress-reduction classes. Supplies such as yoga mats and blankets will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own if desired.

This program is intended primarily for people who's lives have been affected by addiction, who may have loved ones with substance use disorder, or who have experienced or are experiencing substance use disorder themselves. However, anyone is welcome and encouraged to participate with respect for the potential struggles of others within the program.

Tompkins County Public Library's Information Saves Lives project is funded by the Tompkins County Opioid Task Force grant and an anonymous donation to the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation.

You can get free drug test strips and NARCAN® at the following places:

• Cayuga Addition Recovery Services (CARS)
• REACH Medical
• Tompkins County Public Library
• Tompkins County Whole Health

• Ithaca Community Recovery Inc.
• Dick Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center (OASAS)
• Truth Pharm
• Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (CARS)
• REACH
• Southern Tier AIDS Program

• Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP)

• No More Tears/ No Mas Lagrimas
• Service in Unity
• OAR Tompkins
• Finger Lakes ReUse (Job Training)
• Tompkins Community Action

• Advocacy Center

• Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County
• Ithaca Free Clinic
• Tompkins County Whole Health

• Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Mental Health Association of Tompkins County

• St. John's Community Services of Ithaca