Monday, August 23, 2021

From the 'hood: saving lives

I have no idea whether this is a functioning service, but it seems like a good idea. These posters have turned up on local walls.

Narcan, the commonly recognized brand name for the drug Naloxone, is a drug that rapidly reverses an opioid reaction. 

Thanks to a state law, Californians can purchase naloxone directly from a participating local pharmacist. A statewide standing order permits community organizations to dispense naloxone to a person at risk or in a position to assist a person at risk without a prescription.

Drug users survive thanks to rapidly administered Narcan shots.

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