Portrait of Matt Pfisterer, Director, Middletown Thrall Library on October 26, 2023 in Middletown, New York. Matt has been on the front line of the local opioid crisis in Middletown and has helped many people by giving Narcan in his library.

Opioid Crisis in the Library

Narcan nasal spray in the office of Matt Pfisterer, Director, Middletown Thrall Library in Middletown, New York. Matt has been on the front line of the local opioid crisis in Middletown and has helped many people by giving Narcan in his library.
Alfred Mingione has worked at the library for 9-10 years as a security guard on October 26, 2023 in Middletown, New York. In that time he has given Narcan to about 17 people. He says that the first time I found someone that had ODed they didn’t have Narcan and the person died.
Signs on the restroom doors were supposed to deter drug use but they haven’t on October 26, 2023 in Middletown, New York.