Acceptance of Overdose Antidote Grows, But Not in Bush Administration
December 14th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
More communities in the U.S. are distributing the opiate overdose antidote naloxone directly to addicts for emergency use, but the Bush administration continues to oppose such policies, the New York Times reported Dec. 11.
Naloxone works by blocking the opiate receptors in the brain; it has been used by emergency medical personnel since 1971 to prevent overdoses. In recent years, a number of communities have distributed the antidote directly to addicts and their friends and family members — a policy credited with reversing at least 1,000 overdoses.
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Tags: Acceptance, Overdose, Antidote, Grows, Administration