Three Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) were invited to give a presentation at the Mexican embassy in Washington, DC, on Jan. 17 as part of public health awareness about drug addiction.
The presentation, which was aimed broadly at Mexican citizens, provided education about the opioid fentanyl and how to administer naloxone, an over-the-counter nasal spray that can reverse a fentanyl overdose in an emergency. In addition to the public, Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, director of National Drug Control Policy, and Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, were in attendance to celebrate the White House’s ongoing public health partnerships with the Mexican embassy.
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