Two-thousand opioid overdose reversal kits are being distributed in Iowa today (Friday). More than 350 pharmacies statewide will have the naloxone kits available for free. Kevin Gabbert, with the Iowa Department of Public Health, says naloxone usually costs about 150-dollars at a pharmacy.

State health officials say there were just over 200 opioid-related overdose deaths in Iowa last year. Gabbert says the free kits are an opportunity for people most at risk of witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose to get naloxone.