The Farmers Market in Greenwich’s Horseneck lot by exit 3 of I95 has invited Liberation Programs to have a presence during market hours on Saturdays from 9:30am to 1:00pm.
Last Saturday, Mary Brill from Liberation Programs set up an information table with free opioid overdose kits – Naloxone “Narcan” twin packs, which typically cost about $50.00.
Narcan is the over-the-counter name for Naloxone.
“If you find someone who is unconscious and they’re not breathing you take this (nasal spray) and if that doesn’t revive them in two minutes, there is a second dose in the box and you can try that. If nothing happens, then it’s probably not an overdose,” Brill said.
“What is nice is that Narcan is so gently that it causes no harm. So if you give it to someone who is not overdosing, it is fine.”
Ms Brill explained that while the manufacturer’s label for Narcan Nasal Spray usually lists a two-year expiration date, the FDA has extended the shelf life to four years for newly manufactured lots.
“So you can leave it in your car. Ii is heat resistant, cold resistant and it saves lives,” Brill said.
Ms Brill said in her time at Horseneck lot since the farmers market started operating in May, people were taking advantage of the free Narcan she was giving out, including for example nurses who were giving them to their children to have on hand when they return to college in the fall.
Ms Brill said she had been happy to have Narcan on hand when she happened to be pulled over in her car during a recent incident in Norwalk.
“I heard a commotion behind me and someone asked, ‘Does anyone have Narcan?’ and I did – in my glove compartment,” she recalled.
“We saved that woman’s life,” she said. “She had a blunt in her hand. In this case, they probably put Fentanyl in it. She maybe thought she was going to get a little bit high, but instead she almost died.”
Fentanyl is an opioid. It is classified as a synthetic opioid, meaning it is manufactured in a lab.
Ms Brill said the Liberation Programs van will be in Horseneck Lot on Saturdays unless they are pulled away for an emergency.
The Saturday market hours at 9:30am to 1:00pm.
This year the seasonal market runs to November 22, 2025.
Mary Brill brings the Liberation Programs van with Narcan to the Horseneck lot Saturday mornings in Greenwich. July 26, 2025 Photo: Leslie Yager
According to the Liberation Programs website, Naloxone (“Narcan”) can be used to reverse an opioid overdose and is available without a prescription. Naloxone is safe to use and has no effect on someone without opioids in their system.
Connecticut Good Samaritan Laws protect those who administer Narcan or seek medical help for someone who has overdosed.