Prasana Khatiwoda

By Prasana Khatiwoda, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Christina S. Meade, Lawrence P. Park, Scott Proescholdbell Khatiwoda, Prasana, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Christina S. Meade, Lawrence P. Park, and Scott Proescholdbell. 2018. "Facilitators and Barriers to Naloxone Kit Use Among Opioid-Dependent Patients Enrolled in Medication Assisted Therapy Clinics in North Carolina." North Carolina Medical Journal 79 (3): 149-55. https:/​/​doi.org/​10.18043/​ncm.79.3.149.

“Do you know what you are getting yourself into?” she said over the phone, “I mean, why would they talk to you about their drug habits? For all they know, you could be a narc.” My research is on finding facilitators and barriers to Naloxone/Narcan Kit usage among opioid users in North Carolina. Dispensing Narcan Kits is a new harm reduction method to prevent deaths related to opioid overdose.