NONE THE WISER
July 2, 2009This article is interesting in that lives may be saved by naloxone, but the victims will be none the wiser. Without adequate drug prevention and drug education following a drug overdose, the next time might not work out. What if no one remembers to bring the naloxone?
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“A pioneering Chicago program that allows opiate addicts and their friends to administer the anti-overdose medication naloxone to those in distress has been replicated in 17 states, Time magazine reported May 29.
The Chicago Recovery Alliance has distributed more than 11,000 anti-overdose kits through needle-exchange programs and other sites. In at least 1,000 instances, friends and fellow drug users have administered naloxone (Narcan) to overdosing opiate users, saving hundreds of lives, according to Chicago Recovery Alliance head Dan Bigg.
Narcan is commonly used in emergency rooms and by EMTs to stop overdoses in progress, but distributing the drug to addicts allows for a faster response to a crisis and helps avoid the situation where users are afraid to call for help because they don’t want to be arrested for drug use.”
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/17-states-give-anti-overdose.html
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