The Naloxone Project
Missouri Chapter

The Missouri Chapter of the Naloxone Project was established in March of 2025 with a goal of supporting Naloxone distribution to all Missourians at risk of witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose. Our chapter is dedicated to collaborating with hospitals and healthcare systems, with a focus on Emergency Departments, Labor and Delivery units, and other specialties working with patients who are at heightened risk of overdose.  

200+

Naloxone Kits Distributed

2,307

Opioid Overdose ED Visits in 2024

Programs & Initiatives

Emergency Department Program

Chapter members are working on several initiatives aimed at supporting these goals, including leading a state-sponsored workgroup, Handing Out Hope, dedicated to the development of a Take-Home Naloxone Programming Toolkit. To date, this workgroup has produced a one-pager for patients and healthcare professionals about the importance of Naloxone Distribution for everyone, as well as a FAQ focused on Missouri-specific medication distribution regulations.  

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Programs & Initiatives

Industry Initiatives

The Missouri Naloxone Project has also helped to establish a partnership with the Department of Transportation to introduce Naloxone vending machines in Missouri welcome centers and rest areas. This program, Rest Easy, has resulted in the opening of two vending machines in the East and West Conway Welcome Centers- the largest in Missouri, welcoming over 1 million people a year. Almost two hundred boxes of Naloxone were taken within the first two months of opening.  

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What Missouri
has Accomplished

This chapter is committed to supporting Naloxone distribution to all Missourians at risk of experiencing, encountering, or witnessing an opioid overdose.

    • Missouri Chapter was established in March 2025.

    • The Rest Easy Program Advisory Council was formed in October 2025.

    • Handing out Hope workgroup was convened in December 2025 for its first meeting.  

    • First Rest Easy Vending Machine launches in Conway Welcome Centers  

Partners of the Missouri Chapter

  • Missouri Hospital Association

  • Boone Hospital

  • The Addiction Science Team at Missouri Institute for Mental Health at the University of Missouri- STL

  • Brenda Schell with Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area/Opioid Response Strategies

  • North Kansas City Health (NKC Health)

  • SSM Health Saint Louis University Addiction Medicine Fellowship

  • Maternal Health Action Network

Missouri Leadership

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Hannah Prince- State Chair

Hannah Prince is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Missouri. Hannah graduated from the University of Missouri with her master’s in social work in 2019 and has worked in a variety of behavioral healthcare settings since. This has included residential substance use treatment, private practice therapy, and within the admissions department for a behavioral health hospital. Hannah currently serves as the Clinical Director of Substance Use Programming for the Missouri Hospital Association with a dual focus on increasing Emergency Department surveillance of non-fatal drug overdoses and improving patient care through education and stigma reduction. Hannah has presented at state and national conferences on topics such as motivational interviewing, substance use disorders as a chronic brain disease, and the importance of collaborative partnerships.  

Dr. Fred Rottnek- Co Chair

Fred Rottnek, MD, is a Professor and the Director of Community Medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the Program Director of the SSM Health Saint Louis University Addiction Medicine Fellowship.. His clinical practices include family medicine, addiction medicine, and correctional healthcare. He teaches in the School of Medicine and the School of Law. Board-Certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine, he is the medical director for the Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA) and Juvenile Detention in Family Court for the City of St. Louis. He consults with SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network and the GAINS Center.