
Senator Rhoads Hosts Successful Community Narcan Training to Combat Opioid Crisis
August 11, 2025
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ISSUE:
- Battling the Opioid Epidemic
- Narcan Training
- Narcan
- drug awareness
- Combatting Opioid Addiction

Recently, Senator Steve Rhoads hosted a free Narcan training at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library in collaboration with NYS OASAS, the Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce, SERVPRO, the Plainview Volunteer Fire Department, Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz, and the Mid Island Y Jewish Community Center. Attendees gained life-saving skills to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses—because of these proactive community efforts, lives will be saved.