Some argue having such a «safety net» could make drug users more reckless, and some efforts to pass laws to
distribute naloxone more widely have stalled.
The committee recommended improving access to the medication naloxone, which blocks or reverses the effects of opioids, as well as safe injection equipment to reduce transmission of HIV and hepatitis C. Providers and pharmacists should be permitted to prescribe, dispense, or
distribute naloxone to laypersons, third parties, and first responders.
CVS / pharmacy, Duane Reade and Walgreens will
distribute Naloxone by the end of the month.
Additionally, prescribers should be immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for prescribing, dispensing, or
distributing naloxone, and laypersons should be ensured immunity for possessing or administering it.
Not exact matches
The group, which conducts
naloxone training across the city,
distributed nearly 1,000 Narcan kits in 2017.
-- $ 2 million in the budget to
distribute and expand the availability of
naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose
On March 13, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city will
distribute 100,000
naloxone kits citywide in attempt to prevent opioid deaths.
He said that some of the money dedicated to opioids in the recent government - spending bill would be
distributed to agencies to help purchase
naloxone, and that he had been in talks with
naloxone manufacturers, including Kaleo and Adapt Pharma, about pricing and access.