Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk and regional first responder partners accepted a life saving donation of $3,000 from MedStat Supplies for the purchase of NARCAN, a life saving medication that can reverse the effects of overdoses and exposure to opioids.

Opioid abuse, especially fentanyl, is behind the 800 percent increase in Georgia overdose deaths from 2019 to 2021. Sheriff Sisk said his deputies are performing at least two to three NARCAN deployments per month, requiring two or more doses of NARCAN.

MedSTAT employees raised $1,500 in donations, which were matched by the company, that will go toward purchasing NARCAN for area first responders including the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, Ringgold Police Department, Fort Oglethorpe Police Department, Walker County Sheriff’s Office, Dade County Sheriff’s Office, and Catoosa County Fire Department. “